A guide to surviving a hospital stay, financially and emotionally, shows readers how to avoid hospital-acquired infections, change rooms and doctors, find an error on the bill, and other tips. Original.
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"Take This Book to the Hospital with You is an excellent volume for the Health collection."
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This review is from: Take This Book To The Hospital With You: Newly Revised and Updated (Mass Market Paperback)
I'm preparing to have surgery in a month or so and have read MANY books on being the hospital, what to expect, etc. This book manages to combine all the "patient's rights/protect yourself" information with some very concrete questions to ask of the hospital administration when evaluating a facility. The appendix also has wonderful forms you can use for keeping track of who gives you what when, since after reading this book, you will inevitably be checking your bill with a magnifying glass (and finding numerous mistakes, as 98.5% of all hospital bills contain them, according to the author). Since this book is endorsed by the People's Medical Society, a non-profit consumer organization that I think has ties to the Rodale Foundation, it's nice to know that the revisions of this volume have input from previous readers sharing their experiences (and how the book helped them in their own hospital experience). I feel that I will be a better patient and advocate for myself as a result of reading it - and I definitely plan to bring it to the hospital!
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the most important book you'll buy,
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This review is from: Take This Book To The Hospital With You: Newly Revised and Updated (Mass Market Paperback)
This book makes all the difference. Hospital staff don't tell you anything about the system. They don't have the time and they don't want you to know, anyway. The information in here made sure my father had the best care possible. Like the first reviewer said, having it in your hand and on the table in the patient's room changes the care for the better. This book is invaluable. I wore mine out while in the hospital and could quote from it.
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IT'S ABOUT TIME SOMEBODY HELPED THE CONSUMER,
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This review is from: Take This Book to the Hospital With You: A Consumer Guide to Surviving Your Hospital Stay (A People's Medical Society Book) (Paperback)
This is clearly the most important book I own. Talk about helping consumers, Inlander and Weiner really take you inside a hospital stay and show you not to become a victim. I brought this book to the hospital with me and kept it hidden the first two days. On the third day, I took it out and they started treating me totally different. All of a sudden they were worried that I knew my rights and how to make things happen. My whole treatment improved and I felt like I was no longer in custody. This is a book everyone should keep on their shelf
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In 1994, a Seattle-based health-care consulting firm determined that more than half of the time consumers spend in the hospital is unwarranted. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
specialist diagnoses, nonteaching hospitals, completely unsatisfactory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
People's Medical Society, United States, American Medical Association, Hospital Land, Additional Notes, Social Security, Blue Cross, New England Journal of Medicine, Norman Cousins, New York State, Thomas Preston, Walnut Street, Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Baby Doe, Bon Voyage, Joint Commission, Postgraduate Medicine, Sun Sinks Slowly, University of California New!
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In 1994, a Seattle-based health-care consulting firm determined that more than half of the time consumers spend in the hospital is unwarranted. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
specialist diagnoses, nonteaching hospitals, completely unsatisfactory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
People's Medical Society, United States, American Medical Association, Hospital Land, Additional Notes, Social Security, Blue Cross, New England Journal of Medicine, Norman Cousins, New York State, Thomas Preston, Walnut Street, Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Baby Doe, Bon Voyage, Joint Commission, Postgraduate Medicine, Sun Sinks Slowly, University of California New!
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