How to Save Your Own Life: The Eight Steps Only You Can Take to Manage and Control Your Health Care

by Marie Savard, Sondra Forsyth

Recent advances in medical technology mean that there are currently an extraordinary array of health care choices available to the public. In this import book, Dr. Savard, a doctor turned patient advocate, equips readers with the techniques for navigating the often confusing world of healthcare, enabling them to take control of their own health.

Genres: Medical

259 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2000

About the author

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Marie Savard, M.D., former ABC News Medical Contributor and Frequent Keynote Speaker, is one of the most trusted voices on women's health, wellness and patient empowerment. She is the author of four books, How to Save Your Own Life: The Savard System for Managing--and Controlling--Your Health Care, The Body Shape Solution to Weight Loss and Wellness, and The Savard Health Record. Her most recent book, Ask Dr. Marie: What Women Need to Know about Hormones, Libido, and the Medical Problems No One Talks About, is an entertaining guide to women's health that combines on-point opinions with the hard core facts about sex, hormones and other medical facts of life as well as best preventive tests and empowering ways to partner with practitioners. In addition to having provided commentary for Good Morning America, she has appeared frequently on all major networks including The Oprah Show.

Dr. Savard earned both a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and a Medical Degree at the University of Pennsylvania where she is currently a Trustee. Dr. Savard is also the corporate medical director of Philadelphia-based NewCourtland, a leading long-term care provider of community services, affordable senior housing, nursing homes, education, and workforce development. She was formerly the director of the Center for Women's Health at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, technical advisor to the United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, advisor to the American Board of Internal Medicine Subcommittee on Clinical Competency in Women's Health, health columnist for Woman's Day magazine, and senior medical consultant to Lifetime Television's Strong Medicine. She currently lives in Philadelphia with her physician husband. She has three grown sons.

Reviews

[Shawna · Rating 5 out of 5]

8/25/09: This book is waiting for me to pick it up from the library. I really like the idea of this book and want to recommend it to a friend who was recently hit by a car...though I expect it will help anyone who is open to reading it. Here's hoping...

[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

common sense somewhat.