Patient Care category: 3822 books
Share the Care
How to Organize a Group to Care for Someone Who Is Seriously Ill
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2010
You Don't Have to Do It Alone
Whether you're prepared for it or not, chances are you'll take on the role of caregiver when a family member or friend is affected by a serious illness or injury, or when you find your elderly parent needs help. As you'll soon discover, the range of tasks and responsibilities...
by Steven L. Flamm, MD
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
Dr. Flamm has invited a group of distinguished hepatologists to provide insight into the assessment of a variety of scenarios where clinical judgment based on experience and published literature is an invaluable addition to the care of individual patients. Articles included in the issue address the...
Patient Treatment Adherence
Concepts, Interventions, and Measurement
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
This new book summarizes the adherence literature for a number of specific health behaviors and populations. It provides a comprehensive source on the conceptualization, interventions, and measurement of treatment adherence and a synthesis of the research across demographic and chronic diseases. The...
Narrative-Based Practice in Health and Social Care
Conversations Inviting Change
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Narrative-Based Practice in Health and Social Care outlines a vision of how witnessing narratives, paying attention to them, and developing an ability to question them creatively, can make the person’s emerging story the central focus of health and social care, and of healing.
This text gives...
Fibromyalgia and Other Chronic Painful Conditions Second Edition
The Patient's Guide and Survival Manual for Obtaining Proper and Effective
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
This book was written for patients who suffer from fibromyalgia and other chronic painful conditions. I believe members of the medical community will also benefit from the book’s content. As a Dartmouth Rheumatology Fellowship trained Board Certified Rheumatologist, I have been treating patients...
Dying to Care
Work, Stress and Burnout in HIV/AIDS Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2005
Based on major multi-centre research in the UK, Dying to Care identifies why work stress is a problem in health care generally, and in HIV health care in particular. The similarities and differences between work stress experienced in general health care settings and in HIV/AIDS are explored in a state-of-the-art...
by Robert Newell
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Intended for health care professionals working with patients who have suffered a threat to body image, whether from trauma, injury, disease, or the developmental process, Body Image and Disfigurement Care:
*offers practical advice about care
*critically appraises the existing knowledge-base
*describes...
Annual Review of Health Care Management
Revisiting the Evolution of Health Systems Organization
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2013
Dramatic changes to the structure of health systems since the 1980s has seen the development of large, integrated health organizations designed to provide scale and scope advantages, improve the quality of care and health outcomes, and provide greater bargaining power relative to payers and large...
Listening for What Matters
Avoiding Contextual Errors in Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Effective health care requires physicians tailor care to patients' individual life contexts, including their financial situation, social support, competing responsibilities, and cognitive abilities. Physicians, however, are poorly prepared to consider patients' lives when planning their care. The...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
In the field of pain medicine, the interventions that can improve a patient's pain, mood, and functionality are only as effective as the patient's willingness to follow recommended treatment plans. Facilitating Treatment Adherence in Pain Medicine provides a practical guide to understanding and improving...
by Jane Nicol, Brian Nyatanga
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
With the number of people requiring palliative and end of life care steadily increasing, it is the responsibility of every nurse, regardless of specialism, to know how to provide high quality care to this group of people. Yet caring for those nearing the end of life can throw up complex issues, including...
by Ann Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
You've heard of hospice care, but you prefer not to think about it. Dying is such an uncomfortable topic, we all avoid it. In ignorance, we fear the worst.
This book will change your whole view. Taking you behind the scenes of end-of-life care, you will see the enormous efforts of nurses, doctors,...
by Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
All over the world, even as you read this, mothers in poor countries struggle to deliver their babies without lifesaving medical care. This is, perhaps, the last unreached frontier of modern medicine. Walk with Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese as she extends a hand of compassion and professional care...
Handbook of Pain and Palliative Care
Biobehavioral Approaches for the Life Course
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Handbook of Pain and Palliative Care:Biobehavioral Approaches for the Life Course Rhonda J. Moore, editor
This book takes both a biobehavioral and a lifespan approach to understanding long-term and chronic pain, and intervening to optimize patients’ functioning. Rich in clinical diversity,...