| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages) |
| Series |
The culture and politics of health care work |
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Culture and politics of health care work.
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| Contents |
Why you need this book and how to use this book -- The changing landscape of medicine -- The emergency department (ER) experience -- Getting settled and finding your way -- Figuring out the care team -- Physicians of all kinds -- Lines, ports, drains, tubes and catheters -- Tests and procedures in the hospital -- Nutrition in the hospital -- Protocols and precautions -- Intensive care units -- Special populations -- Elective surgery -- Unplanned surgery -- Discharge planning and disposition -- Some final thoughts -- Glossary |
| Summary |
Even the most capable individuals are challenged when confronted with the complexity of the modern hospital experience. The Informed Patient is a guide and a workbook, divided into topical, focused sections with step-by-step instructions, insights, and tips to illustrate what patients and their families can expect during a hospital stay. Anyone who will experience a hospital stay--or friends or family who may be in charge of a patient's care--will find all the help and advice they could need in the detailed sections that cover every aspect of what they can expect. Karen A. Friedman, MD, and Sara L. Merwin, MPH, offer hands-on advice about how patients, health care providers, and medical staff can work together to achieve good outcomes. Through anecdotes, tips, sidebars, and clinical scenario vignettes, The Informed Patient presents ways to enhance and optimize a hospital stay, from practical advice on obtaining the best care to dealing with the emotional experience of being in the hospital |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 08, 2018) |
| Subject |
Hospital patients -- Popular works
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Hospital care -- Popular works
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Patient education -- Popular works
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Patient advocacy -- Popular works
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Consumer education -- Popular works
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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REFERENCE -- Personal & Practical Guides.
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Consumer education
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Hospital care
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Hospital patients
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Patient advocacy
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Patient education
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Merwin, Sara L., author.
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| LC no. |
2017017264 |
| ISBN |
9781501714061 |
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1501714066 |
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9781501709951 |
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150170995X |
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