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Hospitals: What They Are and How They Work, Fourth Edition

Donald J. Griffin

©2012  
ISBN: 9780763791094
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Hospitals: What They Are and How They Work, Fourth Edition, guides healthcare students through the inner workings of one of today’s most complex organizations: the modern acute-care hospital. From a history of hospitals and health care; to an explanation of the roles of management, physicians, nurses, and staff; to administrative and financial services, this essential text walks readers through every facet of the hospital organization.
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    Chapter 1 History of Hospitals and Health Care
    Author: Peggy Johnson

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    Chapter 2 Hospitals and Important Hospital Trends
    Author: Jim Summers; Donald J. Griffin

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    Chapter 3 Organizational Structure, the Governing
    Body, and the CEO
    Author: Donald J. Griffin

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    Chapter 4 Doorways into the Hospital
    Author: Tina Fields

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    Chapter 5 The Medical Staff
    Author: Donald J. Griffin

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    Chapter 6 Physician Extenders
    Author: Divya Pandurangadu

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    Chapter 7 Nursing Services
    Author: Cheryl Rowder

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    Chapter 8 Older Patients in the Hospital—Geriatrics
    Author: Yvonne Lozano

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    Chapter 9 The Clinical Laboratory and the Pathologist
    Author: Thomas L. Patterson

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    Chapter 10 Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutic Radiology
    Departments
    Author: Megan Trad

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    Chapter 11 Physical Therapy
    Author: Jason Hardage

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    Chapter 12 The Respiratory Therapy Department
    Author: S. Gregory Marshall

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    Chapter 13 Speech-Language Pathologists
    Author: Jana Proff; Valarie B. Fleming

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    Chapter 14 The Pharmacy
    Author: Polly Griffin

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    Chapter 15 Hospital Essentials
    Author: Tondra Moore

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    Chapter 16 The Social Services Department
    Author: Andrew T. Marks; Rosamaria Murillo; Betsy Wisner

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    Chapter 17 Health Information Management
    Author: Susan H. Fenton; Tiankai Wang; Jacqueline Moczygemba; Danette Myers; Sue Biedermann

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    Chapter 18 Supporting the Medical Center—Materials
    Management, Environmental Services, Laundry,
    Maintenance, Parking, Biomedical Engineering,
    and Contract Services
    Author: Donald J. Griffin

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    Chapter 19 Safeguarding the Hospital
    Author: Attila J. Hertelendy

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    Chapter 20 Human Resources Department, Risk Management,
    Legal Services, and Corporate Compliance
    Author: Donald J. Griffin

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    Chapter 21 The Importance of Diversity in a Healthcare
    Organization
    Author: Geronimo Rodriguez, Jr.; Melvin V. Greene

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    Chapter 22 Hospital Accreditation and Licensing
    Author: Donald J. Griffin

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    Chapter 23 Hospital Marketing
    Author: Donald J. Griffin

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    Chapter 24 Strategic Planning
    Author: Donald J. Griffin

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    Chapter 25 Finance
    Author: Tiankai Wang

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    Chapter 26 Generating Revenue—Third-Party Payers
    by Types and Percentages
    Author: Michael Nowicki

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    Chapter 27 Compliance and Performance Improvement in
    Hospitals
    Author: Lolly Lockhart

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    Chapter 28 The Importance of Bioethics9780763791094_28
    Author: Eileen E. Morrison

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    Chapter 29 Case Studies
    Author: Donald J. Griffin

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    Chapter 30 Glossary
    Author: Donald J. Griffin

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    Chapter 31 Useful Websites
    Author: Donald J. Griffin

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