The savvy patient the ultimate advocate for quality health care
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sterling, Va :
Capital Books,
c2004.
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| Series: | A Capital cares book
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| 100 | 1 | |a Pettus, Mark C. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The savvy patient : |b the ultimate advocate for quality health care / |c Mark C. Pettus. |
| 260 | |a Sterling, Va : |b Capital Books, |c c2004. | ||
| 300 | |a xxv, 340 p. : |b ill. ; |c 23 cm. | ||
| 440 | 2 | |a A Capital cares book | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-325) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Finding a primary care provider : what to look for -- The pre-hospital emergency system: those critical first moments -- The emergency department : organized chaos -- Coping in the midst of illness -- The ICU/CCU experience : surviving the storm -- Advanced care planning : understanding advanced directives and acting as a proxy/agent -- The family meeting : where do we go from here? -- Spirituality, religion and health : is this a match made in heaven? -- Making difficult medical decisions : knowing what questions to ask -- Preparing for discharge from the hospital: it's not always the finish line -- Taking medications : to heal, not to harm ... and less expensive, please -- Contemplating nursing home placement : when home may not be the best option -- Preparing for surgery : staying a cut above -- Complementary and alternative medicine : a primer on "CAM" therapy -- Health care literacy : you don't know what you don't know -- Managing conflict : anger and opportunity -- Health care coverage : what do you got? -- Tests : getting to know all about you, what you need to know -- Medical education : patient as teacher -- Parting wisdom : the best advise I could give anyone for a long and happy life -- Epilogue. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Patient education |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Medical care |z United States. | |
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