TY - BOOK ID - 77874323 TI - An introduction to hospitals and inpatient care AU - Siegler, Eugenia L AU - Mirafzali, Saeid AU - Foust, Janice B PY - 2003 SN - 1281811289 9786611811280 0826121950 9780826121950 9780826121943 0826121942 0826121942 PB - New York Springer Pub. DB - UniCat KW - Hospitals KW - Hospital care. KW - Hospital patients KW - Institutional care KW - Medical care KW - Hospital administration KW - Hospital management KW - Health services administration KW - Management KW - Administration. KW - Services for. KW - Management and regulation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77874323 AB - 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 ER -