Living with a chronic condition : a practitioner's guide to providing care / edited by Alison Crumbie, Judith Lawrence.
Contributor(s): Crumbie, Alison | Lawrence, Judith.
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BookPublisher: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002Description: xv, 226 p. : ill.ISBN: 0750648082; 9780750648080.Subject(s): Chronically ill -- Care
| Chronic diseases -- Treatment | Health and Wellbeing | General practice | Nursing | Diseases & disordersDDC classification: 616.044 LIV
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The aim of this book is to equip the health care practitioner with the necessary knowledge and skills to work with people who live with chronic illness. It is a comprehensive and practical text that draws together current opinion, up-to-date practice and national guidelines on the management of chronic conditions.
This new book will help all health care professionals provide the best possible care for people who live with chronic illness whether in primary or secondary care. Provides a comprehensive, holistic reference for quality care of patients with chronic disease Outlines a framework for evidence-based, structured care in line with clinical governance guidelines Includes the 'gold standard' for top quality care in line with national guidelines
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of contributors (p. vii)
- Acknowledgements (p. x)
- Disclaimer (p. xi)
- Introduction (p. xii)
- Part 1 Perspectives on chronic illness
- 1 Patient-professional relationships (p. 3)
- 2 Approaches to teamwork in chronic illness (p. 16)
- 3 Clinical governance (p. 25)
- 4 Rehabilitation (p. 36)
- 5 Depression and its relation to chronic physical conditions (p. 46)
- Part 2 Chronic disease management
- 6 Diabetes (p. 59)
- 7 Asthma (p. 81)
- 8 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (p. 101)
- 9 Continence (p. 121)
- 10 Epilepsy (p. 141)
- 11 Coronary heart disease (p. 156)
- 12 Thyroid disease (p. 185)
- 13 Dermatology (p. 197)
- Index (p. 217)