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The Problem with Being a Good Patient

By Dr. Efrat LaMandre

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Dr. Efrat LaMandre, known as Dr. E, runs a medical practice in New York and hosts The Medical Disruptor podcast, which has reached millions through viral videos. During her wife’s medical journey and her own life-altering diagnosis, she was forced to confront the limits of her own training.

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ISBN: 9798902681304

Publication Date: March 2027

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Publication Date: March 2027

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You have been trained to participate in your own medical gaslighting. It’s time to undo that training.

You already know that the medical system is broken, but you may not know that you are also trained to play your half of the gaslighting script. To be agreeable. To trust the labs more than your body. To take pride in being “a good patient.”

Here’s the good news: You can unlearn this role. You already have the skills—skills you use every day. at work, at home with your family, and going about your life. You just haven’t been shown how to point them at your health.

Dr. Efrat LaMandre, known as Dr. E, runs a medical practice in New York and hosts The Medical Disruptor podcast, which has reached millions through viral videos. During her wife’s medical journey and her own life-altering diagnosis, she was forced to confront the limits of her own training.

Now, in The Problem with Being a Good Patient, Dr. E will help you walk into every appointment ready for real answers. You’ll learn how to:

  • Recognize why medical gaslighting really happens
  • End the self-gaslighting that many of us do after the appointment.
  • Step out of the “good patient” role you’ve been performing since childhood
  • Build a case that gets heard—the right info, in the right order
  • Evaluate any practitioner by results, not rapport, and spot “snake oil” solutions from a mile away.

Start using your everyday skills to listen to your body, present your case, and get the answers you deserve.

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About the Author

Dr. Efrat  LaMandre

Dr. Efrat LaMandre, known as “The NP with a PhD,” has been on the inside of the medical world for more than a decade. She founded EG Healthcare, one of the largest nurse practitioner-led practices in the country, caring for both pediatric and adult patients. She is Editor-in-Chief of The Nurse Practitioner Journal and a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She also chairs the foundation board of Staten Island University Hospital. Things took a turn when her wife got sick, and the system she had learned to trust ran out of answers. Looking for them, she got certified in functional medicine and then earned her PhD in integrative medicine. Combining this with the medicine she was already practicing, she built a platform for science-literate people who want more for their health. Her educational reels went viral, and she founded the podcast The Medical Disruptor, where she guides people to walk into the exam room as partners in their own care.

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Publication Details

Format: Hardcover

ISBN: 9798902681304

Publication Date: March 2027

Format: E-book (epub)

ISBN: 9798902681311

Publication Date: March 2027

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