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SUMMARY:Tuesday Talks
LOCATION:Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library\nCleveland Park Neighborhood 
 Library
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DESCRIPTION:Learn how to be your own best advocate in the doctor's office 
 with Dr. Lucy McBride\, M.D. Primary Care Physician and author of Beyond t
 he Prescription: A Doctor's Guide to Taking Charge of Your Health.\nhttps:
 //dclibrary.libnet.info/event/17702974
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Book sales and signing will take p
 lace at 6:15 PM\, the talk will start at 6:45 PM.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p>
 <strong>About the book</strong><br /><a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.or
 g/search/card?id=2b5e1059-98d3-5648-b7e8-2bb731d89e5c&amp\;entityType=Form
 atGroup" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Beyond the Prescription: A Doc
 tor's Guide to Taking Charge of Your Health</em></a>: "In Beyond the Presc
 ription\, Dr. Lucy McBride explains why: Modern health care prioritizes tr
 ansactions over relationships\, screens over stories\, and data over conte
 xt. Into that void has stepped a massive wellness industry offering seduct
 ive promises of control--"optimize\," "detox\," "biohack"--often without e
 vidence and with real risks. McBride refuses the false choice between conv
 entional medicine and wellness culture. Instead\, she offers a practical m
 iddle path built on health agency: the capacity to make informed decisions
  aligned with your values while advocating effectively for support. This b
 ook isn't prescriptive or perfectionist. It's a framework to help you navi
 gate uncertainty\, misinformation\, and the realities of your life. At the
  center is a five-step process that moves you from redefining health on yo
 ur own terms\, through mapping your full health ecosystem and understandin
 g how you personally approach care\, to asking for help more effectively a
 nd making peace with what you cannot control"</p>\n<p>If you would like to
  request an accommodation\, please contact dcplaccess@dc.gov at least one 
 week prior to the event.</p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/17702974
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