ISBN:
9780702063954
Copyright:
2004
Publication Date:
11-28-2003
Page Count:
344
Imprint:
Churchill Livingstone
List Price:
$49.99
Coronary Heart Disease Prevention - Elsevier eBook on Vitalsource, 2nd Edition
by Grace Lindsay, BSc(Hons), RGN, SCM, RN, MN and Allan Gaw, MD PhD FRCPath FFPM PGCertMedEd
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN:
9780702063954
Copyright:
2004
Publication Date:
11-28-2003
Page Count:
344
Imprint:
Churchill Livingstone
List Price:
$49.99
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- evidence-based content ensures a firm scientific basis for practice
- the practical nature of the content can be immediately applied in the working environment e.g. smoking cessation strategies, dietary counseling and risk assessment
- the multidisciplinary group of contributors ensures that the content reflects the multidisciplinary nature of CHD prevention work
- case studies and practice exercises enable the application of theory to practice
- summaries of key points facilitate understanding and retention
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- the implications from clinical governance legislation, the National Service Frameworks and Joint British Recommendations on prevention of CHD in clinical practice
- recent research outcomes e.g. the HOT trial
- diabetes and its links with CHD
- material relating to ethnic minorities
- more 'global' statistics where possible to make the text more appealing to international markets
- the inequalities arising from socio-economic exclusion
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Preface. Coronary heart disease: epidemiology, pathology and diagnosis. Risk factor assessment. Lipids and lipid-lowering drugs. Hypertension and anti-hypertensive therapy. Lifestyle management: smoking. Lifestyle management: diet. Lifestyle management: exercise. Lifestyle management: facilitating behavioural change. Medical management of coronary heart disease. Cardiac rehabilitation.Women and coronary heart disease. Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease.
Most review copies are eBooks – how fast!
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Any student who attempts to request a review copy will be reported to the school's faculty and administration.
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