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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822608603321

Autore

Coates Vivien E (Vivien Elizabeth), <1957->

Titolo

Education for patients and clients / / Vivien E. Coates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-134-75246-6

1-134-75247-4

0-203-69600-X

1-280-06461-7

9786610064618

0-203-69509-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Routledge essentials for nurses

Disciplina

615.5/071

Soggetti

Patient education

Health education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Education for patients and clients; Investigating education: research issues; Learning theories as a basis for patient education; Teaching strategies I: assessment and planning; Teaching strategies II: intervention and evaluation; Educational issues relating to people with long-term health problems; Educational interventions to promote behavioural change; Nurses as educators of patients and clients; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Education for Patients and Clients sets out basic principles for providing patient education as an integral part of nursing care. It challenges the view that simply giving information is enough and investigates strategies for making education as effective as possible.The author explores:*the effect of psychosocial factors such as personal beliefs and family support on our behaviour *the importance of taking such factors into account when planning education for patients and clients*compliance and non-compliance*the role of the nurse as educator*the patient's rig