How to get out of the hospital alive
Subtitle: a guide to patient power
By: Sheldon P. Blau with Elaine Fantle Shimberg.
Contributors: Shimberg, Elaine Fantle, 1937-
Publisher: Castle Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Patient Participation -- popular works; Hospitalization -- popular works; Hospital-Patient Relations -- popular works; Medical Errors -- popular works
Genres: popular works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: How hospitals differ.; title: Getting to know the area.; title: The hospital's cast of characters.; title: Hospital hazards: how to avoid infections, drug errors, and surgical mistakes.; title: Safety and security: infant abductions, rapes, violence, falls, fires, and other dangers.; title: Patients' rights.; title: Diagnostic procedures.; title: Surgery, surgeons, and anesthesiologists.; title: Orders: what are they and who gives them.; title: How families can help.; title: How to heal faster.; title: Your insurance can be hazardous to your health.