Patient Advocacy Resources: A Guide for Patients and Their Families 

This resource guide has been created to assist consumers in becoming advocates for their own health.  The world of medicine is undergoing incredible changes in methods of treatment as well as the process by which care is delivered to the consumer. Becoming informed and working as a partner with health care providers helps to insure that the best possible treatment and outcome will be achieved. 

There are references to books, websites, and organizations. Each book citation includes the book's unique International Standard Book Number (ISBN), which identifies the book and is helpful when ordering a specific title.

Books listed may be available at your public library. If your library does not own a book you would like to read, the library may be able to borrow a copy for your use through the Interlibrary Loan System. In addition, Connecticut residents may borrow books directly from other public libraries within the state with their own town library card.

Some books, such as directories, may be classified as reference books and available only for use in the library.

Since this resource guide is a publication of Healthnet: Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network, a program of the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut Health Center, it includes Connecticut as well as national resources when they are available.

The Guide includes Internet websites as well as books and pamphlets. Although advertisements may appear on some websites in the Guide, the University of Connecticut Health Center Library makes no recommendations for these products or services nor endorses them.

Some of the books on this resource guide are not included in the collection of the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at the University of Connecticut Health Center.