Your Doctor Visit -- A Two-Way Street
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When you visit your doctor, he or she will ask lots of questions to assess your health and accurately diagnose any problems you may be having. To make your visit with your doctor as beneficial as possible, you need to have your own set of questions ready to ask. Plus, it’s always a good idea to take notes when you’re with your doctor. When you do both, you can walk away confident that you understand the instructions your doctor has given you and why they were given.

AHRQ-Quick Tips - When Talking with Your Doctor
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -The single most important way you can stay healthy is to be an active member of your own health care team. One way to get high-quality health care is to find and use information and take an active role in all of the decisions made about your care. Research has shown that patients who have good relationships with their doctors tend to be more satisfied with their care—and to have better results. Here are some tips to help you and your doctor become partners in improving your health care.

HHS-Girl Power- Give Information. Don’t Wait to Be Asked! Tips for Talking to Your Doctor
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Site developed to help encourage and motivate 9- to 14- year-old girls to make the most of their lives. Girls at 8 or 9 typically have very strong attitudes about their health, so Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain these positive values among girls ages 9-14 by targeting health messages to the unique needs, interests, and challenges of girls.

Nemours Foundation - Talking To Your Doctor
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Let's face it - life gets way more complex when you become a teen. That's true of your family life and your social life. And taking care of your body can get more complicated, too.

AHRQ-Quick Tips—When Talking with Your Doctor
www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/quicktips/doctalk.htm
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -The single most important way you can stay healthy is to be an active member of your own health care team. One way to get high-quality health care is to find and use information and take an active role in all of the decisions made about your care. Research has shown that patients who have good relationships with their doctors tend to be more satisfied with their care—and to have better results. Here are some tips to help you and your doctor become partners in improving your health care.

NIH- Talking to Your Doctor
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Today, patients take an active role in their health care. You and your doctor will work in partnership to achieve your best possible level of health. An important part of this relationship is good communication. Here are some questions you can ask your doctor to get your discussion started.