Long-term Conditions in Adults at a Glance

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Edition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2023-06-26
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Long-term Conditions in Adults at a Glance

The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners, for its concise, simple approach and excellent illustrations.

Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text.

Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond.

Everything you need to know about Long-term Conditions in Adults… at a Glance!

The go-to textbook for the treatment and management of long-term conditions in adults

In Long-term Conditions in Adults at a Glance, a team of distinguished health and social care professionals deliver concise and engaging contemporary knowledge about health and associated disorders. The textbook’s format, which includes visually appealing figures and tables, is particularly beneficial for those who prefer a visual approach to understanding complex concepts.

Readers will also find:

  • A thorough introduction to the sociological factors associated with long-term conditions, including environmental, housing, and lifestyle factors
  • Comprehensive explorations of patient education and self-management, including behaviour change, health education, and patient responsibility
  • Practical discussions of a variety of long-term conditions, including arthritis, cancer, liver disease, and epilepsy
  • Evaluations of the treatments and management of long-term conditions, including the use of evidence-based practice and chronic pain management

Perfect for student nurses, trainee nursing associates and busy healthcare practitioners, Long-term Conditions in Adults at a Glance will also be of value to registered health and care professionals working in acute and primary care.

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Author Biography

Aby Mitchell RGN, MSc, PGCert, BA, FHEA, Senior Lecturer in Nursing Education, Department of Adult Nursing, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery, and Palliative Care, King’s College London.

Barry Hill MSc Adv Prac, PGCAP, BSc (Hons) CCRN, DipHE/O.A. Dip, SFHEA, TEFL, NMC RN RNT/TCH V300, Associate Professor, Nursing Science and Critical Care; Director of Employability, Northumbria University, UK.

Ian Peate OBE FRCN, Editor in Chief British Journal of Nursing. Visiting Professor St Georges University of London and Kingston University London; Visiting Professor Northumbria University; Professorial Fellow Roehampton University; Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow University of Hertfordshire.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

 

Part 1 Long-Term Conditions Sociological Factors

 

1 Determinants of Health

Daniela Blumlein,  Ian Griffiths

2 Health Inequalities

Ian Peate

3 Environmental Factors

Giuseppe Leontino

4 Housing

Ian Peate

5 Public Health

Ian Peate

6 Lifestyle Factors

Ian Peate

7 Socioeconomic Status

Ian Peate

8 Holistic Needs Assessment

Ian Peate

 

Part 2 Patient Education and Self-Management

 

9 Behavioural Change

Barry Hill

10 Health Education

Pamela Arasen

11 Patient Responsibility

Ian Peate

12 Self-Care and Self-Management

Barry Hill

13 Effectively Supporting Carers

Rachael Betty

14 Empowerment in Long-Term Conditions

Sara Tavares

15 Experts by Experience

Sue Tiplady

 

Part 3 Long-Term Conditions

 

16 Alcohol Dependency

Letitsia Wedderburn and Helen Phillips

17 Anorexia Nervosa

Tichaona Mubaira

18 Arthritis

Emily Ashwell

19 Asthma

Barry Hill

20 Angina

Barry Hill

21 Anxiety

Louise Lingwood

22 Atrial Fibrillation

Barry Hill

23 Bipolar Affective Disorder

Vishal Jugessur and Angela Childs

24 Bulimia Nervosa

Tichaona Mubaira and Lucy Saunders

25 Bronchiectasis

Barry Hill

26 Cancer

Ian Peate

27 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Roberta Borg

28 Chronic Venous Insufficiency

Aby Mitchell

29 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Barry Hill

30 Coronary Artery Disease

Sadie Diamond-Fox

31 Chronic Liver Disease

Sadie Diamond-Fox

32 Depression

Sarah Bisp and Louise Lingwood

33 Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 

Charlotte Gordon

34 Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Charlotte Gordon

35 Dual Diagnosis

Letitisia Wedderburn and Daren Bailey

36 Diverticular Disease

Claire Ford and Laura Park

37 Epilepsy

Ian Peate

38 Heart Failure

Barry Hill

39 HIV

Ian Peate

40 Hypertension

Barry Hill

41 Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Claire Ford

42 Multiple Sclerosis

Barry Hill

43 Parkinson’s Disease

Kelley Storey and Annette Hand

44 Peripheral Arterial Disease

Aby Mitchell

45 Psoriasis

Ian Peate

46 Rheumatoid Arthritis

Jane Douglas and Karl Nicholl

47 Sickle Cell

Barry Hill

48 Schizophrenia

Reuben Pearce and Helen Robson

49 Vascular Dementia

Ian Peate

50 Viral Hepatitis

Ian Peate

51 Visual Impairment

Caitlin Gallon and Claire Ford

 

Part 4 Management of Long-Term Conditions

 

52 Frameworks of Care Delivery – New Ways of Working

Barry Hill

53 Evidence-Based Practice

Claire Anderson

54 Leadership and Management

Barry Hill

55 Chronic Pain Management

Claire Ford and Laura Park

56 End-of-Life Care

Jemma McCann and Sara Sinclair

57 Advanced Care Planning

Sarah Sinclair

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