Confessions of a Professional Hospital Patient: A Humorous First Person Account of How to Survive a Hospital Stay and Escape with Your Life, Dignity a

by Michael A. Weiss

Book Overview

Confessions of a Professional Hospital Patient is a humorous first person account of how to survive a hospital stay and escape with your life, dignity and sense of humor. The book, written with the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759604738
• ISBN13: 9780759604735
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: 1st Book Library
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Unbelievable Someone hasn't thought of this before...

Although Michael Weiss' book is funny and accurate, I found this book to be somewhat full of plain common sense. Things you would automatically think about if you are heading for a hospital visit of your own. Perhaps I think this because I have been diagnosed with a chronic illness and have been in and out of hospitals myself. It IS a good book for hospital stay preparation, a sort of checklist of things you may encounter. But at any rate, I am glad that Mr. Weiss adressed such a topic that is largely ignored.

Confessions that benefit everyone

For most of us, it takes little more than the mention of the phrase, "hospital stay," to set off a chain reaction of fear, anxiety and helplessness. Michael A. Weiss offers a perfect "how-to" survival guide cleverly disguised as a funny and often poignant memoir of a most amazing and inspiring battle against chronic illness and pain. Drawing from personal experience, Mr. Weiss prepares the reader for virtually every situation that a patient will encounter during a hospital stay. "Confessions of a Professional Hospital Patient," should be required reading not only for soon-to-be-patients, but for the medical professionals in whom they are about to place their trust.

This Nurse Prescribes This Book!!!!

I like reading books about health care and hospitals but I've never read a book about being a hospital patient so accurate and funny that I would recommend it to fellow health care professionals - until now. Mr. Weiss certainly has had his share of hospital hardships but he is even-handed in describing the experiences and provides such thought-provoking insights that even the most arrogant of physicians has to pay attention! I also appreciated the unique fashion in which he handles the nurse-physician and nurse-patient relationships. I can honestly say that while reading this book I learned a great deal about being a nurse - - and I learned all this from a patient! That in itself made this a very interesting and entertaining book - I only wish I had read it in nursing school!

Excellent Reading!!!!!

This book takes an excellent look at life as a "medical" pateint.It's view is open, honest, and overall very accurate. The author takes great pains to hide the names of those attached but it's clear that there is a serious problem with the way our chronically ill patients are treated.The book is serious, humorous, and overall very informative.I suggest this reading for anyone involved with the medical community

A Must-Read for patients, their friends and families.

This book amazingly makes what should be a dry subject matter interesting, funny and enlightening. It is written loosely as a "guide" type of book yet it is extremely amusing and at times hysterical! Who would have thought that somebody could communicate such difficult experiences in such a comforting way? That's exactly what makes this book so useful for not only patients (which I am a not) but also their close confidantes (of which I am.