When Jo began to write Patient or Pawn?, her mission was simple: First, to explore and unveil the demographics of aging and chronic illness that jeopardize our rights to consent, autonomy and safety in health care; and then to share strategies for patients' and providers' self-preservation. Relying on more than 500 scholarly and statistical resources, that's exactly what she has done.
Jo is also the author of The
Practical Guide to Health Care Advance Directives,
The 60-Minute Guide to Health Literacy and the award-winning SO GROWS THE TREE – Creating an Ethical
Will. Among other print, online and broadcast media, Jo has been featured
in The New York Times, Reader’s Digest, the American Bar Association's journal Bifocal, Healthcare Business Today, The Baltimore Sun, The Philadelphia Inquirer, HuffPost and LifeZette. She is a contributor to online news outlets, a
frequent guest essayist for The DesMoines Register and the author of
its 12-week series Health
Literacy 101.
For media requests or speaking inquiries:
Contact Jo: JoKline@msn.com
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