| Description |
xv, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Letter to patients : on becoming the "good" patient and finding the "right" doctor / Leonard C. Groopman -- Becoming an active member of your health care team / William A. Norcross -- Information that will help you with advance planning for your health care / Mark R. Wicclair -- Responding to medical emergencies / Kenneth V. Iserson -- What you need to know about medical errors / Erica S. Friedman and Rosamond Rhodes -- Being informed when you give consent to medical care / Ben A. Rich -- Beware of scorecards / James J. Strain and Rosamond Rhodes -- Transplantation 101 : negotiating the system / Aaron Spital and Steven Smith -- When the illness is psychiatric / Leonard C. Groopman -- On the horizon : genetic testing / Robyn S. Shapiro -- To be or not to be, a research subject / Eric M. Meslin and Peter H. Schwartz -- Information that will help you make health care decisions for adult family members / Mark R. Wicclair -- Caring for individuals with Alzheimer's : ethical issues along the way / Robyn S. Shapiro -- When the patient is a child / Timothy S. Yeh -- Care of elders / Claudia Landau and Guy Micco -- Being and thinking / Ilina Singh ... [et al.] -- A patient's guide to pain management / Ben A. Rich -- The hardest decisions : when treatment stops working / Timothy E. Quill and Mindy Shah -- What you need to know about disasters / Griffin Trotter -- Making the internet work for you : researching your health questions / Bette Anton |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Patient participation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Patients -- Decision making -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Patient education -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Patient Participation.
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Patient Education as Topic.
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| Genre/Form |
Popular Work.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Kushner, Thomasine Kimbrough.
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| LC no. |
2009042399 |
| ISBN |
9780521767965 hardback |
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0521767962 hardback |
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9780521744416 paperback |
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0521744415 paperback |
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