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In recent years there have been major developments in how long term conditions are managed and so it is important nurses understand the rationale behind policy initiatives and their implications for practice. This timely book provides a unique examination of the sociology surrounding long term conditions and the experiences of the patients who have them. It examines the social context of chronic illness and contains individual chapters on the common long term conditions present in the United Kingdom today.

Über den Autor

ELAINE DENNY is Professor of Health Sociology and Head of Health Policy and Public Health Division at Birmingham City University, UK. She has a background in hospital and community nursing and taught health sociology to students on health related courses for 20 years. Elaine has co-authored with Sarah Earle a health sociology text Sociology for Nurses.

SARAH EARLE is Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care at the Open University. She has taught sociology as applied to health and healthcare for over 15 years and has published widely in this field. Sarah has co-authored with Elaine Denny a health sociology text Sociology for Nurses.

Zusammenfassung

The only text to focus on the social context of long term conditions, and the experiences of those who have them. Forms the concluding volume in the popular Sociology of Nursing Practice series

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: [...] and [...]
PART I: THEORY, POLICY AND RESEARCH
Chronic Illness, Disability and the Politics of Health; E. Denny and [...]
Long Term Conditions, Policy and Practice; A.Hewison and [...]
Researching People with Long-term conditions G.Letherby
PART II: IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE
'It takes your breath away': The Social Setting of COPD; T.Heller
Coronary Heart Disease: Moving from Acute to Long Term Accounts; L.Lockyer
Policy and Practice for Diabetes Care; [...] and C.Skinner
'Getting to know myself': Changing Needs and Gaining Knowledge among People with Cancer; J.Tritter
HIV/AIDS: A Highly Stigmatized Long Term Condition; E.Richardson
Witness and Duty: Answering the Call to Speak for Dementia Sufferers in Advanced Illness; [...]
Social Perspectives on Depression; A.Mitchell, [...] and [...]
Obesity: A Long Term Condition?; [...]
Heartsink Patients and Intractable Conditions; [...]
Concluding Reflections; [...] and [...].

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Fachbereich:	Allgemeine Lexika
Genre:	Importe , Medizin
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780230516465
ISBN-10:	0230516467
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Elaine Denny Sarah Earle
Redaktion:	Denny, Elaine Earle, Sarah
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL Macmillan Education
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Macmillan Education, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, productsafety@springernature.com
Maße:	216 x 140 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Elaine Denny (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	08.05.2017
Gewicht:	0,39 kg

Artikel-ID: 133625578