Long term conditions : nursing care and management / edited by Liz Meerabeau and Kerri Wright. - Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - ix, 294 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Long-term conditions in perspective / Liz Meerabeau -- Case management / Kerri Wright -- Changing approaches to management of long-term conditions / Kerri Wright -- Sociological insights / Liz Meerabeau -- Psychological effects of long-term conditions / Ben Bruneau -- Counselling skills / Val Sanders -- Tommy's story / Tommy Magee -- Self management and current health policies / Kerri Wright -- Managing common symptoms of long-term conditions / Kerri Wright ... [et al.] -- Medicines management / Shivaun Gammie -- Management of heart failure / Sue Simpson -- Management of respiratory disease / Liz Nicholls -- Management of diabetes / Lynne Jerreat.

9781405183383 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2010049567


Chronic diseases--Nursing.
Long-term care of the sick.
Chronic Disease--economics.
Chronic Disease--therapy.
Health Care Costs.
Health Policy.
Patient Education as Topic.
Self Care.

RT120.C45 / L66 2011

616.044 M L L

WT 500
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