Getting Acquainted with Healthcare

This chapter discusses the overall structure of our healthcare system, provides a bird’s eye view for navigating throughout the industry and enhances your communication skills with healthcare professionals.

By the end of this chapter, you should be able to

• Understand the structure of the medical practice and identify the role of each service provider in a medical clinic;
• Become acquainted with and more comfortable navigating throughout the healthcare system, and;
• Understand the importance of healthcare literacy and how communication directly affects your care, and what you can do to improve your choices.