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Authors: Judy Burger Crane, Jason Young
ISBN-13: 9781889198026, ISBN-10: 1889198021
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Center Press, The, CA
Date Published: June 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)
From diagnosis through discharge, this step-by-step educational guide outlines the most important points to know before going to the hospital.
About the Author | i | |
Acknowledgement | ii | |
Disclaimer | iii | |
Readers Guide | v | |
1. | Good News, Bad News | 1 |
2. | Choices | 3 |
3. | Questions, Questionnaires and Other Paperwork | 9 |
4. | What If? | 15 |
5. | The Bottom Line-Who Pays? | 19 |
6. | Countdown | 25 |
7. | 5:00 A.M.? You've Got to be Kidding! | 33 |
8. | How's That? | 35 |
9. | The Designer Gown and Other Indignities | 39 |
10. | This Won't Hurt a Bit | 43 |
11. | Waking Up is Not Hard to Do | 47 |
12. | Who are All These People? | 53 |
13. | Hello, Out There | 61 |
14. | Who's in Charge? | 65 |
15. | Visitors - Guidelines | 71 |
16. | Double Occupancy | 77 |
17. | Children, Babies and Hospitals | 81 |
18. | How do I Get Out of This Place? | 87 |
19. | How can I Ever Thank You? or Should I? | 93 |
20. | Home, Sweet Home | 97 |
Patient's Bill of Rights | 101 | |
References and Resources | 107 |