Working With Your Health Care Team
Having vital medical information with at physician visits, and a list of questions to ask, can create a more effective team approach in addressing the best cancer care possible.
How Do Lung Cancer Patients Feel When a Family Member Smokes?
How do lung cancer patients feel about family members who smoke? How do lung cancer patients respond to family members who smoke?
How do lung cancer patients feel about family members who smoke? How do lung cancer patients respond to family members who smoke?
Your Health Care Team
Lung cancer treatment involves a team of physicians and other health care providers, with different roles in managing your treatment.
Lung cancer treatment involves a team of physicians and other health care providers, with different roles in managing your treatment.
What to Bring to Healthcare Visits
From medical records, to radiological studies, having the right information on hand for health care visits can prevent delays in diagnosis, treatment, and reduce errors.
From medical records, to radiological studies, having the right information on hand for health care visits can prevent delays in diagnosis, treatment, and reduce errors.
Questions to Ask About Your Lung Cancer Treatment
Diagnosing and treating lung cancer is a deeply emotional time. Having a list of questions to ask your doctor can help you get the answers you need.
Diagnosing and treating lung cancer is a deeply emotional time. Having a list of questions to ask your doctor can help you get the answers you need.
Tips for Talking to Your Doctor
Communication is a two-way street. Learn how to best talk with your doctor in this piece from About.com Patient Empowerment Guide Trisha Torrey.
Communication is a two-way street. Learn how to best talk with your doctor in this piece from About.com Patient Empowerment Guide Trisha Torrey.
Healthcare Consumer's Rights
From the A.D.A.M. Illustrated Health Encyclopedia.
From the A.D.A.M. Illustrated Health Encyclopedia.
How to Change Doctors
Sometimes it is necessary to change doctors during your cancer care. About.com's Patient Empowerment Guide, Trisha Torrey offers suggestions on how to best make the transition.
Sometimes it is necessary to change doctors during your cancer care. About.com's Patient Empowerment Guide, Trisha Torrey offers suggestions on how to best make the transition.