Children with Special Health Care Needs: Newsletter for Families, April 2014 Page: 4
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Your Doctor Wants Your
QuestionsQuality health care is a team effort. You play an important
role. One of the best ways to communicate with your doctor
and health care team is by asking questions. Time is limited
during medical appointments. You might feel less rushed if
you prepare your questions before your appointment.
Doctors know a lot about a lot of things, but they don't
always know everything about you or what is best for you.
Your questions give your doctor and health care team
important information about you, such as your most
important health care concerns.
That is why they need you to speak up. Here are 10 questions
you should ask:
1. What is the test for?
2. How many times have you done this procedure?
3. When will I get the results?
4. Why do I need this treatment?
5. Are there any alternatives?
6. What are the possible complications?
7. Which hospital is best for my needs?
8. How do you spell the name of that drug?
9. Are there any side effects?
10. Will this medicine interact with medicines that I'm
already taking? **Excerpted from Questions To Ask Your Doctor: Questions Are the Answer. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
Rockville, MD. www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/patient-involvement/ask-your-doctor/index.html
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Texas. Department of Health. Children with Special Health Care Needs: Newsletter for Families, April 2014, periodical, April 2014; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth639802/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.