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• Title:Surgery : a patient's guide from diagnosis to recovery / Claire Mailhot, Melinda Brubaker, Linda Garratt Slezak.
  
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• Author/Creator:Mailhot, Claire B.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Brubaker, Melinda.
  Slezak, Linda Garratt.
  
• Published/Created:San Francisco : UCSF Nursing Press, ©1999.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WO75 .M219 1999
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Surgery--Popular works.
  Patients.
  
• Medical Subjects: Surgical Procedures, Operative--Popular Works.
  
• Description:xvi, 253 pages ; 22 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index.
  
• ISBN:0943671191 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Introduction: knowledge is power: how to protect yourself
  You need surgery
  now what?
  How to insure your financial safety: understanding your health plan
  How to deal with personal issues
  How to interview and select your surgeon
  How to choose a surgical facility: free-standing ambulatory center or hospital?
  How to prepare for surgery: saving time and money and avoiding stress
  Legal considerations
  An update on anesthesia: improved, safer techniques
  Those first few moments: the operating room experience
  Post-anesthesia care: waking up
  What to expect on the nursing unit
  Medications in the hospital and at home
  Discharge: going home and home health care
  When you're feeling better.