Become a Take-Charge Patient with insider information from 200 medical professionals. Award-winning author Martine Ehrenclou empowers you to be well informed and proactive in your own medical care. Prevent medication errors, find the right doctor, prepare for appointments, make the most of the precious minutes with your doctor, form a collaborative relationship with your doctor, get discounted medication and medical care, manage your health insurance, and more. When she developed debilitating, chronic pain, Martine used every strategy in her new book. She went from advocate for others to advocate for herself. After eleven doctors failed to diagnose correctly, Martine found her own diagnosis and the correct surgeon to treat her. She is now pain free.