Critical conditions
Subtitle: the essential hospital guide to getting your loved one out alive
By: Martine Ehrenclou.
Publisher: Lemon Grove Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780981524009
Subjects: Patient advocacy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Patient education -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Hospital patients -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Caregivers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Hospital care; Consumer education
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: A step-by-step guide to patient advocacy, based on more than 150 interviews with nurses, doctors, social workers, and families.
Notes: Pages 143-204 consists of notes areas: "quick reference guide" and "daily progress notes".

"References" : p. 217-218.
Table of contents: title: You could save a life; title: Getting started: the basics of being an advocate; title: The primary nurse; title: The doctors; title: The importance of research; title: Preventing medical error; title: Preventing infectious diseases in the hospital; title: Preventing fatal falls; title: Language barriers and cultural issues; title: Special attention required on routine medical and surgical floors; title: If you live out of town; title: How to support and comfort your loved one; title: Hospital social workers; title: Considering a different hospital; title: HIPPA laws, advance directives, power of attorney, living will, and DNR; title: How to take care of you; title: Discharge planning and aftercare.