13 focused guides

Healthcare conversations

Choose the exact situation for practical facts, a proportionate next step, boundaries, safety notes, and common questions.

Ask a doctor for a second opinion

Communicate about care with accurate information, consent, and a clear clinical or practical question. This page focuses on how to ask a doctor for a second opinion while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Tell family about a new diagnosis

Communicate about care with accurate information, consent, and a clear clinical or practical question. This page focuses on how to tell family about a new diagnosis while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Request a copy of your medical records

Communicate about care with accurate information, consent, and a clear clinical or practical question. This page focuses on how to request a copy of your medical records while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Ask to correct an error in your medical chart

Communicate about care with accurate information, consent, and a clear clinical or practical question. This page focuses on how to ask to correct an error in your medical chart while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Cancel a medical appointment respectfully

Communicate about care with accurate information, consent, and a clear clinical or practical question. This page focuses on how to cancel a medical appointment respectfully while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Send family a clear caregiving update

Communicate about care with accurate information, consent, and a clear clinical or practical question. This page focuses on how to send family a clear caregiving update while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Report medication side effects to a clinician

Communicate about care with accurate information, consent, and a clear clinical or practical question. This page focuses on how to report medication side effects to a clinician while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Tell contacts you may have exposed them to illness

Communicate about care with accurate information, consent, and a clear clinical or practical question. This page focuses on how to tell contacts you may have exposed them to illness while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Ask a partner to get an STI test

Communicate about care with accurate information, consent, and a clear clinical or practical question. This page focuses on how to ask a partner to get an STI test while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Tell your employer you need medical leave

Communicate about care with accurate information, consent, and a clear clinical or practical question. This page focuses on how to tell your employer you need medical leave while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Ask a doctor for a mental health referral

Communicate about care with accurate information, consent, and a clear clinical or practical question. This page focuses on how to ask a doctor for a mental health referral while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Set visitor limits during medical recovery

Communicate about care with accurate information, consent, and a clear clinical or practical question. This page focuses on how to set visitor limits during medical recovery while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Thank a medical team after treatment

Communicate about care with accurate information, consent, and a clear clinical or practical question. This page focuses on how to thank a medical team after treatment while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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