The text has a strong evidence base, but is founded in reality. It includes practical, useful principles for holistic care, self-management, and a multidisciplinary approach. It also covers a range of issues affecting patients, carers and families, with a focus on empowering individuals as they adjust to the life-changing journey of chronic disease and disability.
Edited by Esther Chang and Amanda Johnson, and written by a multidisciplinary team of expert clinicians and academics, this book will enhance your confidence when caring for people with a range of major and common conditions, including heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma, diabetes, obesity, dementia, mental illness and palliative care.
- Case studies and accompanying exercises give insights into lived experience - Links to latest journal articles, media, further reading and online resources to enhance learning - Questions to help you reflect on your practice - Exercises and learning activities to understand contex - eBook included with every print purchase
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Table of Contents
SECTION 1: FRAMEWORKS FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS AND DISABILITY 1. Chronic illness and disability: an overview 2. Partnerships in collaborative care 1 Partnerships in collaborative care 2 Partnerships in collaborative care 3 Partnerships in collaborative care 4 Partnerships in collaborative care 5 Partnerships in collaborative care 6 Partnerships in collaborative care 7 Partnerships in collaborative care 8 Partnerships in collaborative care 9 Partnerships in collaborative care 10 Partnerships in collaborative care 11 Partnerships in collaborative care 12 Partnerships in collaborative care 13 Partnerships in collaborative care 14 3. Models of care 4. Spirituality 5. Psychosocial care 6. Stigmatisation of people living with a chronic illness or disability 7. Sexuality 8. Health disparities and people with intellectual and developmental disability 9. Management of chronic pain 10. Rehabilitation for the individual and family 11. Impact of obesity 12. Palliation in chronic illness
SECTION 2: PRINCIPLES FOR NURSING PRACTICE 13. Principles for nursing practice: Schizophrenia 14. Principles for nursing practice: Depression 15. Principles for nursing practice: Advanced dementia 16. Principles for nursing practice: Stroke 17. Principles for nursing practice: Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and motor neuron disease 18. Principles for nursing practice: Persistent asthma 19. Principles for nursing practice: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 20. Principles for nursing practice: Coronary heart disease 21. Principles for nursing practice: Chronic heart failure 22. Principles for nursing practice: Chronic kidney disease 23. Principles for nursing practice: Chronic diseases of the bowel 24. Principles for nursing practice: Keratinocyte cancers and melanoma 25. Principles for nursing practice: osteoarthritis and osteoporosis 26. Principles for nursing practice: diabetes 27. Principles for nursing practice: HIV/AIDS 28. Principles for nursing practice: Cancer
