Introducing Moira Dolan, MD
Medical doctor, author, educator—Dr. Moira Dolan’s mission to empower laypeople in the field of medicine has prompted her to wear many hats. A board-certified internist in practice since 1988, she has intimate knowledge of the medical industry.
Dr. Dolan has been licensed as a medical doctor since 1985, and certified as an Internal Medicine specialist since 1988. She has also served as a consultant on fraud and disability cases for the State of Texas Department of Insurance, the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Medicare and other organizations.
As a concerned and empathetic individual, Dr. Dolan assists the public with medical education free from any commercial influence. Without bias, she provides both sides of the story. She champions Informed Consent (and Informed Refusal) and advocates patients’ rights with every book and article published. She also works directly with patients, providing educated second opinions by appointment.
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Patient Advocate
Dr. Moira Dolan focuses on empowering individuals to take control of their health and medical care through Informed Consent. Experience has shown her that patient education is key to achieving her goal.
In books, articles, presentations and personal consultations, Dr. Dolan provides critical information on patients’ rights and healthcare providers’ responsibilities. She advises the layperson on which questions to ask and why so they can make fully-informed choices.
Dr Dolan authors an ever-growing list of educational works intended to eliminate blind obedience to medical authority and replace it with personal responsibility and knowledge.
Informed Consent
Informed consent refers to the responsibility of healthcare providers to supply patients a diagnosis of their medical condition, recommended treatment with its benefits and risks and alternatives—including no treatment at all—so that when a patient consents to treatment, it is informed consent.
In brief office visits during which a prescription is handed to the patient, truly informed consent is seldom if ever achieved. But it is, in fact, vital if a patient is to retain control of their own health and life.
Dr. Dolan is dedicated to educating the public on how to make their medical choices based on objective, unbiased data. In books and articles, she provides “both sides of the story” regarding treatment, pharmaceuticals and even the medical industry itself, always using language a layman can understand.
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