Living with Chronic Illness and Disability - E-Book VBK, 5th Edition
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
Equip tomorrow’s nurses and health professionals with the knowledge, confidence and person-centred principles required to support people living with chronic illness and disability.
Now in its fifth edition, Living with Chronic Illness and Disability: Principles for Nursing Practice continues to set the benchmark for holistic, evidence-based care. Edited by Esther Chang and Deborah Hatcher and written by a multidisciplinary team of expert clinicians and academics, this trusted text prepares students and clinicians to work in genuine partnership with individuals, families and carers across the continuum of care.
Grounded in best practice and informed by current Australian, New Zealand and international evidence, the text explores the realities of living with chronic conditions and disability. It champions self-management, empowerment and interdisciplinary collaboration, and addresses major conditions including heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma, diabetes, dementia, mental illness and palliative care, alongside essential dimensions of care such as spirituality, sexuality and sexual health, chronic pain, stigma and preferred place of care.
Designed for nursing and allied health students, newly registered nurses and clinicians across Australia and New Zealand, this text supports the development of clinical reasoning, reflective practice and the delivery of safe, competent and responsive care throughout every stage of a professional career.
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What’s new in the fifth edition
- Expanded case studies and reflective questions to deepen discussion and critical thinking
- Updated statistics and contemporary evidence throughout
- Strengthened focus on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary team role
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Section I. Frameworks for Chronic Illness and Disability
1. Chronic Illness and Disability. An Overview
2. Partnerships in Collaborative Care
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 II. 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 Neurone Disease
18. Principles for Nursing Practice. 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 -
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