Long-term conditions [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for nurses and healthcare professionals / / edited by Sue Randall and Helen Ford

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.16
• Soggetto topico: Long-term care of the sick; Chronic diseases - Nursing
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RandallSue FordHelen <1967->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: section 1. Living with a long-term condition -- section 2. Empowerment -- section 3. Care management.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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; 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"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Long-term conditions
• ISBN: 1-118-78651-3; 1-118-27625-6; 1-283-40238-6; 9786613402387; 1-118-27624-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457634503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II