Thank you for choosing naturopathic medicine. Before you come for your appointment, please fill out your patient registration forms and send them to me in advance. This allows me to review your case and become familiar with your history.  It also eliminates the need to ask you all the necessary questions during the consultation, which gives us more time to discuss your important issues.

Filling out the health history often gives patients new awareness and an overview of their condition in a way that can often be missed in daily life. If you feel the need to provide more information or have questions, please feel free to include these.

Please be sure to read over all of the documents included in the welcome packet and be familiar with the office policies.

If you are currently taking any medications (this includes prescriptions, birth control pills, vitamins, supplements, over-the-counter, etc.) please list them on the appropriate intake form provided. If you have a long list or do not have the ability to write all the medications, dosages, and frequencies down, you may place the bottles in a bag and bring them with you on your first visit. I would be happy to assist you in keeping track of your medications.

As a naturopathic physician, I may ask questions that seem unrelated to your current complaint. I am often interested in details of your condition that other healthcare practitioners are not. The elaborate details of where, when, how, and the exact nature of the pain of a headache is an example.

Often, questions may be asked about how the weather, environment, noise, heat, cold, and many other conditions that may affect you. Your likes, dislikes, and any personality traits (the quirkier the better!) may be requested. It is not required that you answer every question posed to you, however all information gathered about you helps me to better understand you and may help in your treatment. It is often helpful if you consider your condition in detail before your visit and detail to me all the variables of which you are aware.

You are invited to write down any questions you may have and bring them to your visit. Often your questions can all be answered in the first office consultation, however if you list is long or your questions require in-depth conversations, we may need to focus on the most important questions and extend others out over other visits.

If you have further questions or to schedule your consultation, call (928) 204-1986 or e-mail Dr. Barker.