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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828634803321

Titolo

An introduction to hospitals and inpatient care / / Eugenia L. Siegler, Saeid Mirafzali, Janice B. Foust, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2003

ISBN

1-281-81128-9

9786611811280

0-8261-2195-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SieglerEugenia L

MirafzaliSaeid

FoustJanice B

Disciplina

362.1/1/068

362.11068

Soggetti

Hospitals - Administration

Hospital care

Hospital patients - Services for

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part I: The Hospital Setting; Part II: Caring for Patients in the Hospital; Part III: Facilitating Continuity of Care; Part IV: Common Social and Ethical Issues; Part V: Improving Quality of Care; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an overview of key elements of the hospital -- its structure, administration, and its functioning. Students and new clinicians may be so focused on mastering specific clinical skills that they have little time to observe or question the whole process of care. This book looks beyond acute disease to the environment of care, how it works, how it doesn't work, and how it might improve. Issues discussed include understanding and communicating with families, the basics of hospital finance, how dangerous hospitalization can be to the elderly, and how to minimize errors. Medical stud