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June 1, 2000 2 minutes read
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Guide eases stress of pediatric hospital stay
Are your staff working with parents who are experiencing emotional stress because their child has been hospitalized? Add a copy or two of Your Child in the Hospital: A Practical Guide for Parents to your patient resource center to educate parents about hospital stays. The book was written by Nancy Keene, who has years of hospital experience as the mother of a child with acute leukemia. Rachel Prentice, a graduate student with experience as a newspaper reporter, co-wrote the book.
The book provides practical information for parents who want to be proactive with their child’s health care. Topics covered include:
• preparing a child;
• going to the emergency room;
• communicating with staff;
• telling staff apart;
• coping with procedures;
• handling insurance claims;
• dealing with long-term illness;
• brightening the room.
Your Child in the Hospital is one of several Patient-Centered Guides published by O’Reilly & Associates in Sebastopol, CA. The 160-page paperback book costs $11.95. Each guide provides a mix of medical background to help readers make treatment decisions, practical information, and emotional support. Subjects include childhood leukemia, advanced breast cancer, choosing a wheelchair, working with your doctor, and hydrocephalus.
To order a copy of Your Child in the Hospital or any other guide, contact: O’Reilly & Associates, 101 Morris St., Sebastopol, CA 95472. Telephone: (800) 998-9938 or (707) 829-0515. Fax: (707) 829-0104. Web site: www.patientcenters.com.
Finding journals to publish your work
Anyone who wishes to publish his or her work can find appropriate journals fast on the Medical College of Ohio Library’s "Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences." The well-used site, which contains links to on-line instructions to authors for over 2,000 journals in the health sciences, averages 13,000 hits per month. The site is located at: www.mco.edu/lib/instr/libinsta. html.
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