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Patrick Conlon is an award-winning journalist, author, broadcaster, and public advocate for family-inclusive hospital care. He lives in Toronto.
Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The Hospital Nation of the Wounded | p. 7 |
Emergency Hurry Up and Wait | p. 18 |
The Living Will Saying Yes or No to Medical Intervention | p. 41 |
Surgery Cutting Through the Confusion | p. 58 |
Intensive Care Life on the Edge | p. 80 |
Recovery (I) The Ward, the Care Team, and the Plan | p. 108 |
Recovery (II) Charts, Meds, Tests, Codes, and Other Hospital Mysteries | p. 136 |
Recovery (III) Partnering with the Care Team and Planning for Home | p. 164 |
Hospice Dying with Dignity | p. 194 |
A Hospital Lexicon | p. 215 |
What Does That Mean? Terms for Medical Conditions, Common Hospital Procedures, and Other Health-Related Matters | p. 215 |
Staff Slang: What You Might Overhear | p. 281 |
Recommended Resources | p. 319 |
Index | p. 333 |
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