Perhaps the most basic of patient empowerment skills is the ability of patients to ask questions of their doctors.
The AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) recognizes that an informed patient will be a healthier patient — and has put together a video they plan to run (and already have in some places) on TV.
Give it a look:
AHRQ: Questions are the Answer
Do you ask your doctor questions? Do these videos motivate you to ask them more often?
And is your doctor good about answering them completely and respectfully?
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