Surgery
Subtitle: a patient's guide from diagnosis to recovery
By: Claire Mailhot, Melinda Brubaker, Linda Garratt Slezak.
Contributors: Brubaker, Melinda.; Slezak, Linda Garratt.
Publisher: UCSF Nursing Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Surgical Procedures, Operative -- Popular Works
Genres: Popular Works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: You need surgery: now what?; title: How to insure your financial safety: understanding your health plan.; title: How to deal with personal issues.; title: How to interview and select your surgeon.; title: How to choose a surgical facility: free-standing ambulatory center or hospital?; title: How to prepare for surgery: saving time and money and avoiding stress.; title: Legal considerations.; title: An update on anesthesia: improved, safer techniques.; title: Those first few moments: the operating room experience.; title: Post-anesthesia care: waking up.; title: What to expect on the nursing unit.; title: Medications in the hospital and at home.; title: Discharge: going home and home health care.; title: When you're feeling better.; title: Resource information.; title: Glossary.