Through the Patient's Eyes
Subtitle: Understanding and Promoting Patient-Centered Care (Jossey-Bass Health Series)
Contributors: Margaret Gerteis (Editor); Susan Edgman-Levitan (Editor); Jennifer Daley (Editor); Thomas L. Delbanco (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: May 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780787962203
Subjects: Public health & preventive medicine; Medical; General; Medical / Nursing; Health Care Delivery; Physician & Patient; Medical / Hospital Administration & Care; Hospital Administration
First sentence: Some years ago, when officials in Massachusetts tried to close a small and foundering community hospital in the north-central part of the state, busloads of loyal patients and angry citizens descended on the State House in protest and ultimately fought the effort all the way to the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commowealth.