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Each year, hospital-acquired infections, prescribing and treatment errors, lost documents and test reports, communication failures, and other problems have caused thousands of deaths in the United States, added millions of days to patients' hospital stays, and cost Americans tens of billions of dollars. Despite (and sometimes because of) new medical information technology and numerous well-intentioned initiatives to address these problems, threats...
92) En el hospital
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Explora el reverso de las páginas lo que ocurre en un hospital. Mira cómo trabajan los médicos y los enfermeros, descubre la sala de juegos, visita el interior de una ambulancia y conoce al equipo de cirugía de un quirófano.
What's it like inside a hospital? Hold the special pages to a light to go behind the scenes at a busy hospital in this volume of the bestselling Shine-a-Light series of nonfiction books.
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George is sick, and must stay in the hospital. Pillowcases illustrating jungle scenes, firemen rescue efforts, space voyages, undersea exploration, rodeo events, and prehistoric times take him on marvelous adventures until his discharge from the hospital. Includes information about interacting with sick children, and the pillowcase project of ConKerr Cancer organization.
98) The hospital
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Discusses the history of the hospital and its emergence into the modern facility that it is today; the professionalization of physicians, nurses, and healthcare management; the development of specialty institutions; the establishment of acceptable norms of quality care; and the growth of serious ethical issues and financial concerns.
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The American health care system is vast, complex and confusing. Books about it shouldn't be. This book is your one-stop guide to the people, organizations and industries that make up the U.S. health care system and the major issues the system faces today. The book is the work of two medical students at Washington University, Elisabeth Askin and Nathan Moore. When Elisabeth and Nathan worked to educate themselves about the American health care system...