Despite the continuing dominance of market relations and market forces in contemporary society, there remain fundamental questions about the ethical acceptability of markets and their effects.
Filled with practical advice from experienced nurses and up-to-date clinical information, this new edition of the Oxford Handbook of Musculoskeletal Nursing is the invaluable guide for all nurses and allied health professionals working with patients who have rheumatological and musculoskeletal conditions.
While advanced practice nursing students generally have good clinical skills, many lack the clinical scholarship capabilities that are required for writing scholarly proposals.
Person-centred practices are a key way to provide the best possible care and support for older people and help them to be active and valued members of the community.
Intended for health care professionals working with patients who have suffered a threat to body image, whether from trauma, injury, disease, or the developmental process, Body Image and Disfigurement Care:*offers practical advice about care*critically appraises the existing knowledge-base*describes the different theoretical approaches to body image disturbance*puts forward a new model of what happens to people with disturbed body image.
As more critically ill patients are cared for on acute general wards rather than in ICUs, many nurses are having to cope with the particular problems of very sick patients without the specialist knowledge of an ICU trained nurse.
This textbook is the first to focus on comprehensive interdisciplinary care approaches aimed at enhancing the wellbeing of children with cancer and their families throughout the illness experience.
Based on the findings of a research project conducted by the World Health Organisation, this book contains unpublished material on AIDS-related knowledge and sexual behaviour in countries in Africa, Asia and South America, including: Cote d'Ivoire; Kenya; Lesotho; Mauritius; Tanzania; Sri Lanka; Singapore; Thailand and Brazil.
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.
The field of health care technology assessment focuses on the use of medical technologiestheir impacts on safety, efficacy, and effectiveness; cost-effectiveness and cost benefit; quality; and their social, legal, and ethical implications.
Der plötzliche Säuglingstod (Sudden Infant Death, SID) ist trotz vieler neuer Erkenntnisse der letzten Jahre noch immer ein Rätsel und eine Herausforderung für Ärzte und andere damit befaßte Berufsgruppen sowie eine ungeheure Belastung für Eltern und Angehörige.
Person-Centred Teams provides much-needed guidance on person-centred working following the roll out of personalisation and personal budgets across health and social care.
Interpreting an ECG correctly and working out what to do next can seem like a daunting task to the non-specialist, yet it is a skill that will be invaluable to any doctor, nurse or paramedic when evaluating the condition of a patient.
This handbook is for nurses needing practical guidance in clinical situations, either as an aide memoire for the specialist nurse, or an essential reference source for newly qualified nurses caring for people with neurological problems for the first time.
This book analyzes the main topics of Palliative Care in Cardiac Intensive Care Units (CICU), from the changing epidemiology of patients admitted to the ICU, to the main clinical and ethical issues.
Van artrose tot en met de ziekte van Wegener: met dit Zakboek Ziektebeelden heb je altijd alle essentiële informatie over de meest voorkomende ziektebeelden binnen de orthopedie en reumatologie binnen handbereik.
Finding Dignity at the End of Life discusses the need for palliative care as a human right and explores a whole-person methodology for use in treatment.
Prepare for your Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN(R)) or Pediatric Nursing Certification (PED-BC) exam with Pediatric Nursing Certification Practice Q&A.
The second edition of this book provides a clear framework for conducting participatory research with children and young people supported by practical examples from international research studies.
Das Buch beinhaltet übersichtlich und prägnant eine Zusammenstellung aller in der Schmerztherapie wichtigen Arzneimittel, deren Wirkungen, Nebenwirkungen und Kombinationsmöglichkeiten.
This volume breaks new ground by asking how our understandings of gender can be informed by exploring the socio-technical relations of ICTs in health care, and how far an appreciation of the ways in which gender works can inform and improve our understanding of how ICTs are being developed, implemented, and used in health care contexts.
The new edition of this well regarded book introduces the underpinning theory and concepts required for the development of first class communication and interpersonal skills in nursing.
Stellar, pocket-sized nursing guide facilitates implementation of best practices in the care of neurosurgical patientsWritten by advanced practice nurses in collaboration with physician experts from one of the world's most renowned neurosurgical institutions, this is the first point-of-care book designed to enhance patient care at the bedside.
Dieses Buch richtet sich an Pflegende auf der Intensivstation und ist ein Leitfaden für die Betreuung von Patienten mit extrakorporaler Membranoxygenierung, kurz ECMO.
Demonstrating that public health and prevention program development is as much art as science, this book brings together expert program developers to offer practical guidance and principles in developing effective behavior-change curricula.
Drug Injecting and HIV Infection is a comparative international study of drug injecting behaviour and HIV infection based on the World Health Organization's study of 13 cities as disparate as Athens, Bangkok, Glasgow and Rio de Janeiro.
Spiritual Care beinhaltet eine existenzielle Auseinandersetzung, die jenseits von Schmerztherapie und Symptomkontrolle Sinn und Bedeutung des Todes für das menschliche Leben thematisiert.
Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers is a classic text for students and practitioners in the child care and protection field which summarises important current thinking on child development and applies it directly to practice.
The Textbook of Non-Medical Prescribing is an easy-to-read, comprehensive overview of the essential knowledge, key issues and skills relevant to non-medical prescribing.
