The essential hospital handbook
Subtitle: how to be an effective partner in a loved one's care
By: Patrick Conlon.
Series: Yale University Press health & wellness
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300145755; 9780300145762
Subjects: Hospital care -- Popular works; Care of the sick -- Popular works; Consumer education -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The hospital : nation of the wounded; title: Emergency : hurry up and wait; title: The living will : saying yes or no to medical intervention; title: Surgery : cutting through the confusion; title: Intensive care : life on the edge; title: Recovery (I) : the ward, the care team, and the plan; title: Recovery (II) : charts, meds, tests, codes, and other hospital mysteries; title: Recovery (III) : partnering with the care team and planning for home; title: Hospice : dying with dignity.