Navigating the (medical) system

I just posted a series of threads on the Prostate Cancer Advocates Forum on something we all go through - how to deal with all the sometimes bewildering experiences that confront the patient advocate, which is all of us, as we confront the challenges in locating, communicating with, and dealing with doctors, and navigating the various private and governmental healthcare organizations. They are posted as permanent sub-boards in the "Best Practices" board, that you can get to at this link.

It is divided into several sections:

1- Introduction & Contents
2- Finding the Right Doctor
3- Managing the Doctor/Patient Relationship
4- Second Opinions
5- Assembling and Managing your Team of Doctors
6- Navigating Bureaucracies

My comments are not meant to be complete. I am hopeful that all of us can contribute to those threads by posting our experiences, questions, comments & insights into those subjects, and that our collective wisdom will become a resource for users of this forum, as well as other PC patients and patient advocates.

- Allen

That sure was impressive and clearly it's a great resource, particularly for those beginning their journey. Wish it had existed two years ago...

TA -

As a former librarian I think I know little something about compiling information resources and bibliographic tools, print or online.

After looking yours over, I give it an A+

Thanks, guys. I hope you'll all contribute to it -- I want it to be a collaborative project.