How to Lower Health Dangers: Get More Out of Your Doctor's Appointment Through Better Communication

We all know the frustration: you walk into the doctor’s office for your appointment with the doctor or nurse practitioner. You wait for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, maybe an hour. And when you’re finally in the room, you get 10 minutes in which your healthcare provider looks at your chart, asks for your “main complaint” and then writes a prescription or sends you to another specialist or tells you that there isn’t anything much that can be done.