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Author:

Conlon, Patrick, 1944-

Title:

The essential hospital handbook : how to be an effective partner in a loved one's care / Patrick Conlon.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

x, 342 p., [32] p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Hospital care--Popular works.
Care of the sick--Popular works.
Consumer education--Popular works.
Hospitalization--Popular Works.
Patient Care--Popular Works.
Family--Popular Works.
Patient Advocacy--Popular Works.
Professional-Family Relations--Popular Works.
Hospital-Patient Relations--Popular Works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-331) and index.

Contents:

The hospital : nation of the wounded -- Emergency : hurry up and wait -- The living will : saying yes or no to medical intervention -- Surgery : cutting through the confusion -- Intensive care : life on the edge -- Recovery (I) : the ward, the care team, and the plan -- Recovery (II) : charts, meds, tests, codes, and other hospital mysteries -- Recovery (III) : partnering with the care team and planning for home -- Hospice : dying with dignity.

Series:

Yale University Press health & wellness

ISBN:

0300145764 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780300145762 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0300145756 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300145755 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)262432332

LCCN:

2008053908

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)