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ISBN: 9780323833608
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 11-09-2023
Page Count: 352
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $39.99

Healthcare in the Arabian Gulf and Greater Middle East: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 1st Edition

by May McCreaddie, Phd, MEd, BA, PG Cert PE, RNT, RN, Gary E. Day, DHSM, MHM, BNurs, DipAppSc (Nursing Management), RN, EM, FCHSM, FGLF and Jane Leanne Griffiths, RN, COTM, DIP. NA, BAN, MHP

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cover image - Healthcare in the Arabian Gulf and Greater Middle East: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780323833608
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 11-09-2023
Page Count: 352
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $39.99
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    • Based on the latest evidence – provides a comprehensive overview of key healthcare challenges in region
    • Features numerous Arabic contributors as well as non-Arabic contributors with experience and expertise in the region
    • Key strategic, local and individual healthcare approaches – including a generic adaptable toolkit
    • Short case studies and thinking grids for appropriate care
    • Discussion of social, cultural and environmental perspectives specific to the region
    • Easy to read and follow
    • Highly practical – covers key topics including:
      • Islam and healthcare
      • pain management
      • palliative and end of life care
      • culturally competent communication
      • consumer-driven healthcare
      • the family in healthcare in the Arabian gulf
      • communicable and non-communicable diseases
  • SECTION I Specific Conditions, Specific Challenges
    1 HEALTHCARE IN ISLAM
    2 THE FAMILY IN HEALTHCARE IN THE ARABIAN GULF
    3 CONSUMER-DRIVEN HEALTHCARE
    4 LIFESTYLE 1: METABOLIC SYNDROMES—TYPE 2 DIABETES, METABOLIC SYNDROME AND POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME IN THE ARABIAN GULF
    5 LIFESTYLE 2: OBESITY, BODY IMAGE AND NUTRITION
    6 WOMEN’S HEALTH IN THE ARABIAN GULF AND GREATER MIDDLE EAST: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES
    7 FEMALE INCONTINENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: REVISITING A PRIORITY IN WOMEN’S HEALTH
    8 MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
    9 INFECTION
    10 UPPER AND LOWER RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS
    11 COMMUNICATION AND CARING IN CULTURALLY DIVERSE SETTINGS
    12 FAMILY MEDICINE
    13 PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT
    SECTION II Key Healthcare Approaches
    14 PHARMACY IN THE ARABIAN GULF AND GREATER MIDDLE EAST
    15 PAIN MANAGEMENT
    16 END-OF-LIFE CARE
    17 TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP
    EPILOGUE: THE ‘CAMEL’ IN THE ROOM
    APPENDIX: SOME HELPFUL INFORMATION AND ADVICE FOR THOSE CONSIDERING WORKING IN THE REGION
    INDEX

  • May McCreaddie, Phd, MEd, BA, PG Cert PE, RNT, RN, Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Gary E. Day, DHSM, MHM, BNurs, DipAppSc (Nursing Management), RN, EM, FCHSM, FGLF, Professor-Health Services Management and Academic Campus Manager, ECA College of Health Sciences and Asia-Pacific International College, Brisbane, Australia and Jane Leanne Griffiths, RN, COTM, DIP. NA, BAN, MHP, Ex-Chief Nursing Information Officer, Informatics, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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