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• Title:How to survive your hospital stay : the complete guide to getting the care you need-- and avoiding probems you don't / Gail Van Kanegan and Michael Boyette.
  
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• Author/Creator:Van Kanegan, Gail.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Boyette, Michael.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2003.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WX158.5 .V258 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Hospital patients.
  Hospital care.
  Consumer education.
  
• Medical Subjects: Hospitalization--Popular Works.
  Patient Care--Popular Works.
  Patient Participation--Popular Works.
  
• Description:xx, 248 pages ; 21 cm.
  
• Summary:Packed with advice that will help people feel better when they are ill and at their most vulnerable, this essential guide provides a reassuring roadmap for avoiding mishaps along the road to recovery.
  
• Notes:"A Lynn Sonberg book."
  "A Fireside book."
  Includes bibliographical references (pages [232]-236) and index.
  
• ISBN:0743233190 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Preface
  Introduction
  Part One: Eight important ways to prepare for your hospital stay
  Avoid the hospital
  if you can
  Choose a health care advocate
  Prepare your mind
  Know your rights
  Learn the lay of the land
  Choose your hospital
  Choose your physicians
  Make sure your wishes will be followed
  Part Two; The top ten risks: how to understand and avoid them
  Medication errors
  Side effects of drugs
  Infection
  Pressure sores
  Malnutrition
  Complications of surgery
  Falls
  Misdiagnosis
  Unnecessary tests and procedures
  Going home
  Afterword: If you're hurt.