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

Author:: Conlon, Patrick, 1944-
Published:: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2009]
Copyright Date:: ©2009
Physical Description:: x, 342 pages, 32 unnumbered pages ; 25 cm.

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Yale University Press health & wellness

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.

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ISBN:

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

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

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