Surviving health care : a manual for patients and their families
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Surviving health care : a manual for patients and their families
Cambridge University Press, 2010
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Surviving healthcare
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Letter to patients : on becoming the "good" patient and finding the "right" doctor / Leonard C. Groopman
- Becoming an active member of your health care team / William A. Norcross
- Information that will help you with advance planning for your health care / Mark R. Wicclair
- Responding to medical emergencies / Kenneth V. Iserson
- What you need to know about medical errors / Erica S. Friedman and Rosamond Rhodes
- Being informed when you give consent to medical care / Ben A. Rich
- Beware of scorecards / James J. Strain and Rosamond Rhodes
- Transplantation 101 : negotiating the system / Aaron Spital and Steven Smith
- When the illness is psychiatric / Leonard C. Groopman
- On the horizon : genetic testing / Robyn S. Shapiro
- To be or not to be, a research subject / Eric M. Meslin and Peter H. Schwartz
- Information that will help you make health care decisions for adult family members / Mark R. Wicclair
- Caring for individuals with Alzheimer's : ethical issues along the way / Robyn S. Shapiro
- When the patient is a child / Timothy S. Yeh
- Care of elders / Claudia Landau and Guy Micco
- Being and thinking / Ilina Singh ... [et al.]
- A patient's guide to pain management / Ben A. Rich
- The hardest decisions : when treatment stops working / Timothy E. Quill and Mindy Shah
- What you need to know about disasters / Griffin Trotter
- Making the internet work for you : researching your health questions / Bette Anton
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book serves as a tool to help patients and families deal rationally with the perplexing and often irrational world of healthcare. It covers the topics and addresses the challenges that experts in a variety of healthcare fields believe to be the most vital to meeting the challenges of decision-making when people feel most vulnerable. With contributions from leading healthcare specialists, Surviving Health Care: A Manual for Patients and their Families examines a wide array of topics, including advance planning for healthcare, medical emergencies, genetic testing, pain management, and care of elders. It is a unique resource that aims above all to help patients reach their best healthcare decisions.
Table of Contents
- 1. Letter to patients: on becoming the 'good' patient and finding the 'right' doctor Leonard Groopman
- 2. Becoming an active member of your healthcare team William Norcross
- 3. Information that will help you with advance planning for your health care Mark Wicclair
- 4. What do you do now? Responding to medical emergencies Kenneth V. Iserson
- 5. What you need to know about medical errors Erica Friedman and Rosamond Rhodes
- 6. Being informed when you give consent to medical care Ben Rich
- 7. Beware of scorecards Rosamond Rhodes and James Strain
- 8. Transplantation 101: negotiating the system Aaron Spital and Steven Smith
- 9. When the illness is psychiatric Leonard Groopman
- 10. On the horizon: genetic testing Robyn Shapiro
- 11. To be or not to be - a research subject? Eric Meslin and Peter Schwartz
- 12. Information that will help you make health care decisions for adult family members Mark Wicclair
- 13. Caring for individuals with Alzheimer's Robyn Shapiro
- 14. When the patient is a child Timothy Yeh
- 15. Care of elders Claudia Landau and Guy Micco
- 16. Being and thinking Hina Singh, Claudia Jacova, Paul Ford, and Judy Illes
- 17. Your guide to pain management Ben Rich
- 18. The hardest decisions: when treatment stops working Timothy Quill and Mindy Shah
- 19. What you need to know about disasters Griffin Trotter
- 20. Making the internet work for you: researching your health questions Bette Anton.
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