Martine Ehrenclou, M.A.
Martine Ehrenclou, M.A., has a master’s degree in psychology from Pepperdine University and earned a graduate certificate in patient advocacy from UCLA. She is currently a music journalist and author of two award-winning books. Prior to becoming an author and journalist specializing in healthcare, Martine was a journalist, ghostwriter and public relations professional. She also created and ran a writing program for at-risk teenagers. Her personal experience with loved ones with extended hospitalizations changed her career path in 2001.
Also by Martine Ehrenclou
Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital Guide To Get Your Loved One Out Alive
Hospital patient care has become hazardous to the patient’s health. There must be someone, a family member or good friend, to oversee and monitor the patient’s medical care. Learn how to prevent medical errors, medication mistakes, hospital-acquired infectious diseases, and much more. Reach the doctors when you really need them – every time. Navigate the hospital with confidence.
Critical Conditions (winner of 16 book awards) is a step-by-step guide based on over 150 interviews with registered nurses, physicians and hospital staff, Ms. Ehrenclou’s own experiences with hospitalized family members and hundreds of hours of research. It is a book for family members written by a family member who has been there. A reported quarter of a million deaths in hospitals nationwide were found to be preventable (The Fifth Annual Health Grades Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study, 2008). If someone has a parent, spouse, sibling or child in the hospital, they must get actively involved in the patient’s care to prevent medical errors. Hospitalized patients are recovering and cannot do this for themselves.
