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Long Term Conditions : a Guide for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals.
Long-Term Conditions is a comprehensive textbook for all nursing and health care students and practitioners, that explores the key issues surrounding caring for patients with chronic diseases or long -term conditions. Divided into three sections, this book explores living with a long-term condition;...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Introduction
- rationale and ethos of the book; Section 1: living with a long-term condition; Nutrition; Introduction; Nutrition in context; What is nutrition?; Basics of nutrition; How much do we need to eat?; Assessing dietary intake; Assessing nutritional status; Nutrition problems in long-term conditions; Conclusion; References; Resources; Further reading; Learning objectives; Chronic Pain : Living with Chronic Pain; Introduction; Causes and pathology of pain; Types of chronic pain; Incidence of chronic non-malignant pain.
- Psychology and social considerations in chronic painThe impact of pain; Chronic pain assessment; Interventions to manage chronic pain; Conclusion; References; Further reading; Organisations in the United Kingdom who may offer support; Depression and long-term conditions; Introduction; What is depression?; Recognition of depression as co-morbidity with long-term physical conditions; Prevalence of depression as co-morbidity with long-term physical conditions; Diagnosis of depression; Treatment for depression; Conclusion; References; Further reading; Section 2 Empowerment.
- Adaptation in long-term conditions: the role of stigma particularly in conditions that affect appearanceIntroduction; Ltc, visible difference, disfigurement and body-image; Psychosocial, social and cultural impact of living with an ltc affecting appearance; Stigmatisation and ltcs; Psychosocial interventions; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Resources; Further reading; Self-management in Long-termConditions; Introduction; Context; Historical perspective; Self-care and self-management; Co-creating health initiative (CCH); Underpinning theories; Conclusion; References; Resources.
- Further readingAssistive technology
- a means of empowerment; Introduction; Policy background; Defining key terms; Whole system demonstrators; Ethical issues; Workforce design, education and training; A technological future?; Conclusion; References; Resources; Further reading; Risk and empowerment in long-term conditions; Introduction; Risk in context
- the bigger picture; Wider views of risk and empowerment; Empowerment; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Further reading; Section 3 Care Management; Care coordination for effective long-term condition management; Introduction.
- Population contexts in england, scotland, wales and northern ireland in relation to ltcsCare coordination; Frameworks of care delivery; Service delivery models; Other ways of working which influence care coordination; New ways of working; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Resources; Further reading; Rehabilitation in Long-termConditions; Introduction; Definitions and concepts of rehabilitation; The role of rehabilitation in the context of managing LTCs; Models and theories informing rehabilitation; Teams and teamwork in rehabilitation.