{"product_id":"9781501714078","title":"The Informed Patient: A Complete Guide to a Hospital Stay","description":"\u003cp\u003eEven the most capable individuals are challenged when confronted with the complexity of the modern hospital experience. \u003ci\u003eThe Informed Patient\u003c\/i\u003e is a guide and a workbook, divided into topical, focused sections with step-by-step instructions, insights, and tips to illustrate what patients and their families can expect during a hospital stay. Anyone who will experience a hospital stay—or friends or family who may be in charge of a patient’s care—will find all the help and advice they could need in the detailed sections that cover every aspect of what they can expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren A. Friedman, MD, and Sara L. Merwin, MPH, offer hands-on advice about how patients, health care providers, and medical staff can work together to achieve good outcomes. Through anecdotes, tips, sidebars, and clinical scenario vignettes, \u003ci\u003eThe Informed Patient\u003c\/i\u003e presents ways to enhance and optimize a hospital stay, from practical advice on obtaining the best care to dealing with the emotional experience of being in the hospital.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126957752560,"sku":"9781501714078","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781501714078_p0.jpg?v=1763708780","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781501714078","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}