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The most crucial care you will receive during a stay in any hospital will come from an untrained, unpaid, unhealthy amateur: you. Today's patient is required to make vital medical, technical, and ethical decisions. When the a patient is you-or someone you care for-how can you be sure you are asking the right questions and interpreting the answers correctly? How do you know if you have chosen the right doctor, the right hospital, and the right course of treatment? What can you do to avoid unnecessary procedures or unfortunate drug interactions? Can you help contain costs without sacrificing quality? When is it appropriate to consider nontraditional medicine or experimental techniques? What should you do now to prepare for recovery. <p>Covers paperwork checklist/A Patient's Bill of Rights/mental health/nontraditional medicine/diagnostic tests/emergencies. </p>

Author

Karen Keating McCann

Publisher

Da Capo Press, Incorporated

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780306447655

Subjects

Social Science, Medical, Education