Randall, Sue
Long Term Conditions: A Guide for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals
Divided into three sections, this book explores living with a long-term condition; empowerment; and care management. Rather than being disease focused, it looks key issues and concepts which unify many different long-term conditions, including psychological and social issues that make up a considerable part of living with a long-term condition. Within each of the chapters, issues of policy, culture and ethics are intertwined, and case studies are used throughout, linking the concepts to specific diseases.
Key features:
- A comprehensive textbook on the principles and practice of caring for people with long -term conditions
- User-friendly in style with learning outcomes, further reading, useful websites, and case studies throughout linking to specific conditions
- Moves away from a disease focused medical model, and takes a needs-led approach
- Uniquely explores the overarching issues of living with one or more long- term conditions,
- Focuses on the importance of multi-disciplinary team work and collaborative teamwork in the management of long- term conditions
Avainsanat: Introductions to Nursing
- Tekijä(t)
- Randall, Sue
- Ford, Helen
- Julkaisija
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2012
- Kieli
- en
- Painos
- 1
- Sivumäärä
- 224 sivua
- Kategoria
- Terveys, kauneus, muoti
- Tiedostomuoto
- E-kirja
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118276259
- Painetun ISBN
- 9781444332490