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by Arthur E. Baue, MD, 430 pp, $34.99 for hardcover, $24.99 for softcover, ISBN 1-4134-9727-6 for hardcover, ISBN 1-4134-9726-8 for softcover, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Xlibris Corp, 2005.

Frederic E. Eckhauser, MD, Reviewer

Arch Surg. 2007;142(8):801-802.

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The author, Arthur E. Baue, MD, is a highly respected surgeon with more than 40 years of clinical and administrative experience. His book entitled Doctor, Can I Ask You A Question? is an encyclopedic resource for patients who seek answers to a wide variety of health care questions. It is very comprehensive in scope and at first glance may seem overwhelming. However, Baue has wisely broken the book's content into 12 broad categories, each of which is further subdivided into anywhere from 1 to more than 20 chapters or subcategories. For example, the broad category "What Are My Rights and Privileges With Doctors?" contains 13 chapters, such as "Finding a Doctor," "Second Opinions," "Tests and Treatment," and "Medical Words and Jargon I Don't Understand," to name but a few. Other broad categories include "Emergencies," "Our Health Care System," "Choosing a Hospital," and "Disease Prevention." Baue's . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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