| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
The culture and politics of health care work
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Culture and politics of health care work.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hospital patients -- Popular works.
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Hospital patients. |
| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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| Subject |
Hospital care -- Popular works.
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Hospital care. |
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Patient education -- Popular works.
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Patient education. |
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Patient advocacy -- Popular works.
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Patient advocacy. |
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Consumer education -- Popular works.
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Consumer education. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Merwin, Sara L., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Friedman, Karen A. Informed patient. Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017 9781501709951 (DLC) 2017016231 |
| ISBN |
9781501714061 (electronic book) |
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1501714066 (electronic book) |
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9781501714078 |
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1501714074 |
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