The Informed Patient : A Complete Guide to a Hospital Stay /

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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 fami...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Friedman, Karen A. (Autor), Merwin, Sara L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Patient education.
Patient advocacy.
Hospital patients.
Hospital care.
Consumer education.
REFERENCE > Personal & Practical Guides.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Consommateurs > Éducation > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Patients > Droits > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Éducation des patients > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Soins hospitaliers > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Hospitalises > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Consumer education > Popular works.
Patient advocacy > Popular works.
Patient education > Popular works.
Hospital care > Popular works.
Hospital patients > Popular works.
Popular works.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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