How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive: A Guide to Patient Power

Blau, Sheldon P.; Shimberg, Elaine Fantle

ISBN 10: 0028612183 / ISBN 13: 9780028612188

Published by MacMillan Publishing Company., 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive: A Guide to Patient Power
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company.
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0028612183
• ISBN 13: 9780028612188
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Dr. Sheldon Blau was always a good doctor, but he became a much better one after he suffered a cardiac arrest and found himself a patient in his own hospital. There he almost diednot of the heart attack, but as a result of typical mistakes that all too commonly befall patients. Fortunately, Dr. Blau had an insiders medical knowledge of treatments and procedures, and was able to control damage and recover.Now Dr. Blau and Elaine Shimberg, a patients rights educator, team up to advise anyone facing a hospital visit how to get adequateeven superiormedical care. They describe the tasks and perspectives of each of the members of the medical team. They disclose the most common medical errors and tell how to prevent them. They advise when to make demands and when to make nice. Most of all, they tell patients and their families how to become active, knowledgeable participants in their treatment and recovery. The result is a book that brings assurance, comfort, and personal power to anyone facing a hospital stay.Sheldon P. Blau, M.D., is an attending physician at Winthrop University Hospital, a Clinical Professor of Medicine at SUNY Stony Brook, and a Consultant in Rheumatology at area hospitals. He has written several professional and lay books. Elaine Fantle Shimberg, the author of many health books, is the first lay member of the Florida Medical Associations Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs.

About the Author

SHELDON P. BLAU, M.D., is an attending physician at numerous hospitals in Long Island, a Clinical Professor of Medicine at SUNY Stony Brook, and a Consultant in Rheumatology at New York area hospitals. ELAINE FANTLE SHIMBERG, the author of many health books, is the first lay member of the Florida Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs.