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THE prospect of a stay in hospital is never pleasant but sometimes it’s an inevitability we can’t avoid.

However, the experience and outcome of your stay isn’t entirely in the medics’ hands — how you partake as a patient can also play a part.

After decades of working as a nurse around the world, including in his native New Zealand, Britain and Switzerland, this is something that nurse Michael Alexander knows a thing or two about. He’s written an e-booklet which aims to help hospital patients get the most out of their treatment.