The California Report: Health Dialogues
Many Californians can˙t read the instructions on a medicine bottle, let alone understand complex medical terms. Yet more and more health care decisions are being put in the hands of the patients. Insurers and health care providers aren˙t the only ones calling for increased patient autonomy. With a proliferation of drug advertisements targeted directly at consumers, patients must be more alert than ever in sorting out fact from fiction. This edition of Health Dialogues will look at ways that Californians cope with confusing medical decisions. How can the state's health care system help patients educate themselves? How can new technologies like the Internet help?


Call-In Program:
Wednesday, May 8, 2002 at 7pm

In this live call-in program, listeners from around California join host Scott Shafer and a panel of experts in a discussion about how patients are coping with medical decisions that they don't fully understand.

Guests:
  • Dr. Dean Shillinger, MD
  • Sheila Krigler
  • Ann Monroe

Tune in to KQED public radio or your local public radio station. You can also hear the program live online. To join the discussion, call 800-811-6830.
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Note: This site is an archive of past Health Dialogues programs. View the new Health Dialogues Web Site here.

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