Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xxviii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Note |
"Previously published as 24/7 or Dead: A Handbook for Families with a Loved One in the Hospital (AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Indiana) (c) 2005 by Jari Holland Buck." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-227) and index. |
Contents |
Taking care of me -- Choose your hospital with awareness -- Gathering information from/about your doctor -- Gathering information about your hospital -- Hospital evaluation -- Pick the days of your stay carefully -- Take legal steps to ensure the patient's wishes are honored: preparing legal documents -- Read and use the patient advocacy statement -- Assume your loved one can hear everything, so speak positively -- Educate yourself -- Ask about every medication, injection, and IV solution -- understand every procedure used or denied in treatment: procedure preparation -- Keep track of all supplies and services, warranted and unwarranted -- Arrange for 24/7 coverage: care team notebook -- Pray -- Surrender -- Lessons in advocacy -- Lessons in caregiving -- Lessons in money matters -- Life and spirit: the next six years -- Patient forms: Durable medical power of attorney -- Living will -- Out-of-hospital "do not resuscitate" order -- Instructions for EMS/First Responders -- Anatomical gifts form -- Power of Attorney form -- HIPAA waiver -- Patient advocacy statement -- Medical information and privacy statement. |
Subject |
Patient advocacy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Hospital patients -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Caregivers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Caregivers.
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Patient Advocacy.
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Added Title |
24/7 or Dead.
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ISBN |
9780738712246 |
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0738712248 |
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