The advice may be common sense to some, but to those nervous about going into the hospital or helping someone who is,...
Soper draws from her and others’ experiences with hospital stays to create this manual for those yet to deal with hospitals, their staff and procedures.
The author has already spent more time in the hospital than most people do throughout their entire lives. After being in a couple scary medical situations and caring for friends and family with serious illnesses, Soper knows how hospitals work and how to best utilize their services. Not only does she offer advice, but she gives readers practical steps on how to be an advocate for a patient, how to understand what is going on medically and how to talk about a pending hospitalization beforehand. She also knows how to work the system, and in this book offers tips and tricks on everything from where to store food, where guests can sleep and how to ask doctors questions in a way that gets the answers patients and their advocates need. Some of her tips are especially useful, like her advice to legally appoint a patient advocate and her detailed description of what that means. Many times, neither patients nor their friends and family are aware of the need for an advocate, someone who is authorized to make major medical decisions when the patient is unable to do so, and so Soper’s advice in this area is particularly beneficial. Certain readers may find some of the book’s tips to be common sense, and wonder why the author took the time to compile them into this guide. However, for someone who is going to be in the hospital for the first time, for first-time caregivers or for anyone nervous about visiting a hospital, Soper’s simple, straightforward and helpful words could mean the difference between a difficult stay and one that goes down smooth and easy.
The advice may be common sense to some, but to those nervous about going into the hospital or helping someone who is, Soper’s advice could be a lifesaver.Pub Date: March 15, 2011
ISBN: 978-0983285908
Page Count: 109
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: Feb. 4, 2011
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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