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CONTENTS Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1 The Language of Medicine: Sit, Stay, Diagnose! 8 CHAPTER 2 Medical Professionals: You Can’t Tell the Players without a Program 26 CHAPTER 3 Ambulances: You Wanna Go where Everybody Knows Your Number 47 CHAPTER 4 Hospitals: What You Really Need to Know before You Gotta Go 67 CHAPTER 5 The Admission: You Are Going In! You Are Going In! 89 CHAPTER 6 About Drugs: The Dosage Makes It Either a Poison or a Remedy 116 CHAPTER 7 Medical Mistakes: To Err Is Human, but You Still Need a Lawyer 158 CHAPTER 8 The Business of Medicine: The Best Things in Life Are Free, but I Still Need Your Co-pay 173 CHAPTER 9 The Future: How Foggy Is My Crystal Ball? 190 References 205 Index 215 ...