Take This Book to the Hospital With You

by Inlander, Charles B.; Weiner, Ed

• ISBN13: 9781882606702
• ISBN10: 1882606701
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Peoples Medical Society

Summary

Completely revised and updated for today's medical consumer, Take This Book to the Hospital With You shows you how to scrutinize your bill for errors (more than 90 percent of hospital bills have errors, mostly in favor of the hospital); avoid signing away your rights on hospital consent forms; get the treatment you need, even if your managed-care company disagrees; find out which hospital departments are most likely to commit malpractice (you'll be surprised); and much more! Lively, impassioned and practical, Take This Book to the Hospital With You is the savvy medical consumer's most powerful defense against the medical minefield known as a hospital. As the nation's largest and most visible consumer health advocacy organization, the nonprofit People's Medical Society has been helping medical consumers take control of their own health since its founding in 1983.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(2)
Bon Voyage! But Before You Go...	3	(49)
A Tour of the Islands	52	(27)
When in Rome...	79	(27)
What the Wise Traveler Knows	106	(63)
And as the Sun Sinks Slowly in the West...	169	(28)
Your Medical Rights: Do You Really Know Them?
Be Sure to Write	197	(29)
Hospital Service Opinion Form
People's Medical Society Hospital Evaluation Form
The Key to Translating Medical Terms	226	(3)
Glossary	229	(12)
Suggested Reading	241	(3)
Index	244