Description This book is written to help you understand the health care system and to get the best health care you can. It is written in a question and answer format, questions that friends, relatives and patients asked me over the years. Examples are, ¿How do I choose or find a good doctor and how do I know that the doctor is competent?¿ ¿What are all the different kinds of doctors or specialists?¿ Sections of the book include: ¿What are my rights and privileges as a patient? What should I expect from my doctor and for my health care?¿ Other sections are ¿ ¿Your health. How healthy I am?¿, an office visit, emergencies, women¿s and men¿s health, operations ¿ surgery, about doctors, about hospitals ¿ choosing a hospital, end-of-life decisions, nursing homes, hospice, home health care, our health care system, ethical issues on health care, where to find information about health, disease prevention and health promotion, pollution, drugs and addiction.