Written under the pretense that stories can be powerful medicine, this collection captures both the medical and emotional aspects of the hospital bed through tales from those who have been there and offers powerful messages about the essential ingredients of “good” health care: respect, compassion, collaboration, open and honest communication, family involvement, and flexibility and responsiveness to individuals and their needs.

Privileged Presence: Personal Stories of Connections in Health Care

Crocker, Liz

Johnson, Bev

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Bull Publishing Company

Are you suddenly facing a health challenge and feel fear? Are you overwhelmed and insecure? In The Patient Advocate Handbook, authors Liz Crocker and Claire Crocker offer a practical guide to help you remain calm, focused, and stable while you or a loved one are experiencing a health crisis. Combining Liz's experiences as a psychologist and Claire's legal and crisis management skills, they present a blueprint for progressing through the health care system. Knowing how to handle a health emergency and make good decisions is essential if you are to achieve the best possible health outcome. It's not about creating conflict or being the loudest voice in the room-it's about knowing your rights, having a plan, finding your voice, and working with people in the health system to get a good result. The Patient Advocate Handbook helps you become an effective patient advocate for someone you love while he or she experiences a health challenge. If you are the patient, it will help you feel more confident and assured in your own health choices.

The Patient Advocate Handbook: How to Find and Use Your Voice in Health Care

Crocker, Claire

Balboa Pr Au

Winner of: 2015 Book of the Year Award, American Journal of Nursing Privileged Presence is a collection of more than 50 stories that capture both the medical and emotional aspects of the health care experience through tales from those who have been there, and offers powerful messages about the essential ingredients of “good” health care: respect, compassion, collaboration, open and honest communication, family involvement, and flexibility and responsiveness to individuals and their needs. This updated second edition uses real-world experiences recounted by patients and their families, nurses, doctors, and other health care professionals to illustrate what works and what doesn’t and what increases or diminishes people’s sense of confidence and well-being.

From different families and different childhoods, three women remember and speak out about the secrecy, silence, and shame of having an alcoholic parent. Through spontaneous writing with “loaded words” and person-to-person sharing, the women embarked on a transformative journey in which painful images were brought to light, were accepted, and became less painful. Transforming Memories is a collection of their healing writings and an invitation to others, whatever their past burdens, to use the technique of spontaneous writing to reveal difficult memories more clearly.

Transforming Memories: Spontaneous Writing Using Loaded Words

Self-Help

Bennell, Polly

Book, Holly

Motivational

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Privileged Presence: Personal Stories of Connections in Health Care

The Patient Advocate Handbook: How to Find and Use Your Voice in Health Care

Privileged Presence: Personal Stories of Connections in Health Care

Transforming Memories: Spontaneous Writing Using Loaded Words