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Everything you need to know about Long-term Conditions in Adults… at a Glance!
The go-to textbook for the treatment and management of long-term conditions in adults
In Long-term Conditions in Adults at a Glance, a team of distinguished health and social care professionals deliver concise and engaging contemporary knowledge about health and associated disorders. The textbook’s format, which includes visually appealing figures and tables, is particularly beneficial for those who prefer a visual approach to understanding complex concepts.
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Perfect for student nurses, trainee nursing associates and busy healthcare practitioners, Long-term Conditions in Adults at a Glance will also be of value to registered health and care professionals working in acute and primary care.
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Aby Mitchell RGN, MSc, PGCert, BA, FHEA, Senior Lecturer in Nursing Education, Department of Adult Nursing, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery, and Palliative Care, King’s College London.
Barry Hill MSc Adv Prac, PGCAP, BSc (Hons) CCRN, DipHE/O.A. Dip, SFHEA, TEFL, NMC RN RNT/TCH V300, Associate Professor, Nursing Science and Critical Care; Director of Employability, Northumbria University, UK.
Ian Peate OBE FRCN, Editor in Chief British Journal of Nursing. Visiting Professor St Georges University of London and Kingston University London; Visiting Professor Northumbria University; Professorial Fellow Roehampton University; Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow University of Hertfordshire.
List of Contributors
Preface
Part 1 Long-Term Conditions Sociological Factors
1 Determinants of Health
Daniela Blumlein, Ian Griffiths
2 Health Inequalities
Ian Peate
3 Environmental Factors
Giuseppe Leontino
4 Housing
Ian Peate
5 Public Health
Ian Peate
6 Lifestyle Factors
Ian Peate
7 Socioeconomic Status
Ian Peate
8 Holistic Needs Assessment
Ian Peate
Part 2 Patient Education and Self-Management
9 Behavioural Change
Barry Hill
10 Health Education
Pamela Arasen
11 Patient Responsibility
Ian Peate
12 Self-Care and Self-Management
Barry Hill
13 Effectively Supporting Carers
Rachael Betty
14 Empowerment in Long-Term Conditions
Sara Tavares
15 Experts by Experience
Sue Tiplady
Part 3 Long-Term Conditions
16 Alcohol Dependency
Letitsia Wedderburn and Helen Phillips
17 Anorexia Nervosa
Tichaona Mubaira
18 Arthritis
Emily Ashwell
19 Asthma
Barry Hill
20 Angina
Barry Hill
21 Anxiety
Louise Lingwood
22 Atrial Fibrillation
Barry Hill
23 Bipolar Affective Disorder
Vishal Jugessur and Angela Childs
24 Bulimia Nervosa
Tichaona Mubaira and Lucy Saunders
25 Bronchiectasis
Barry Hill
26 Cancer
Ian Peate
27 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Roberta Borg
28 Chronic Venous Insufficiency
Aby Mitchell
29 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Barry Hill
30 Coronary Artery Disease
Sadie Diamond-Fox
31 Chronic Liver Disease
Sadie Diamond-Fox
32 Depression
Sarah Bisp and Louise Lingwood
33 Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
Charlotte Gordon
34 Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Charlotte Gordon
35 Dual Diagnosis
Letitisia Wedderburn and Daren Bailey
36 Diverticular Disease
Claire Ford and Laura Park
37 Epilepsy
Ian Peate
38 Heart Failure
Barry Hill
39 HIV
Ian Peate
40 Hypertension
Barry Hill
41 Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Claire Ford
42 Multiple Sclerosis
Barry Hill
43 Parkinson’s Disease
Kelley Storey and Annette Hand
44 Peripheral Arterial Disease
Aby Mitchell
45 Psoriasis
Ian Peate
46 Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jane Douglas and Karl Nicholl
47 Sickle Cell
Barry Hill
48 Schizophrenia
Reuben Pearce and Helen Robson
49 Vascular Dementia
Ian Peate
50 Viral Hepatitis
Ian Peate
51 Visual Impairment
Caitlin Gallon and Claire Ford
Part 4 Management of Long-Term Conditions
52 Frameworks of Care Delivery – New Ways of Working
Barry Hill
53 Evidence-Based Practice
Claire Anderson
54 Leadership and Management
Barry Hill
55 Chronic Pain Management
Claire Ford and Laura Park
56 End-of-Life Care
Jemma McCann and Sara Sinclair
57 Advanced Care Planning
Sarah Sinclair
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