The informed patient : a complete guide to a hospital stay / Karen A. Friedman, MD, and Sara L. Merwin, MPH.
Material type:
TextSeries: The culture and politics of health care workPublisher: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781501714061
- 1501714066
- Hospital patients -- Popular works
- Hospital care -- Popular works
- Patient education -- Popular works
- Patient advocacy -- Popular works
- Consumer education -- Popular works
- Consumer education
- Hospital care
- Hospital patients
- Patient advocacy
- Patient education
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
- REFERENCE / Personal & Practical Guides
- 362.11 23
- RA965.6
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Includes index.
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.
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