• Long–term Conditions in Adults at a Glance (Paperback / softback) 9781119875871
1 1
£22.59 GBP
£25.99 GBP £22.59 GBP
Sale Sold out
Free UK Shipping

Freshly Printed - allow 7 days lead

Long-term Conditions in Adults at a Glance

Aby Mitchell (Edited by), Barry Hill (Edited by), Ian Peate (Edited by)

9781119875871, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 27 July 2023

160 pages
27.6 x 21.7 x 0.9 cm, 0.454 kg

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.

For more information on the complete range of Wiley nursing publishing, please visit: www.wiley.com/edu/nursing

To receive automatic updates on Wiley books and journals, join our email list. Sign up today at www.wiley.com/email

All content reviewed by students for students

Wiley Health Science books are designed exactly for their intended audience. All of our books are developed in collaboration with students. This means that our books are always published with you, the student, in mind.

If you would like to be one of our student reviewers, go to www.reviewnursingbooks.com to find out more.

Contributors viii

Preface x

Part 1 Long-term conditions: sociological factors 1

1 Determinants of health 2
Daniela Blumlein and Ian Griffiths

2 Health inequalities 4
Ian Peate

3 Environmental factors 6
Giuseppe Leontino

4 Housing 10
Ian Peate

5 Public health 12
Ian Peate

6 Lifestyle factors 14
Ian Peate

7 Socioeconomic status 16
Ian Peate

8 Holistic needs assessment 18
Ian Peate

Part 2 Patient education and self-management 21

9 Behavioural change 22
Barry Hill

10 Health education: developing a partnership with patients with long-term conditions 24
Pamela Arasen

11 Patient responsibility 26
Ian Peate

12 Self-care and self-management 28
Barry Hill

13 Effectively supporting carers 30
Rachael Betty

14 Empowerment in long-term conditions 32
Sara Tavares

15 Experts by experience 34
Sue Tiplady

Part 3 Long-term conditions 37

16 Alcohol dependency 38
Leticia Wedderburn and Helen Phillips

17 Anorexia nervosa 40
Tichaona Mubaira

18 Arthritis 42
Emily Ashwell

19 Asthma 44
Barry Hill

20 Angina 46
Barry Hill

21 Anxiety 48
Louise Lingwood

22 Atrial fibrillation 50
Barry Hill

23 Bipolar affective disorder 52
Vishal Jugessur and Angela Childs

24 Bulimia nervosa 54
Tichaona Mubaira and Lucy Saunders

25 Bronchiectasis 56
Barry Hill

26 Cancer 58
Ian Peate

27 Chronic fatigue syndrome 60
Roberta Borg

28 Chronic venous insufficiency 62
Aby Mitchell

29 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 66
Barry Hill

30 Coronary artery Disease 68
Sadie Diamond-Fox

31 Chronic liver disease 70
Sadie Diamond-Fox

32 Depression 72
Sarah Bisp and Louise Lingwood

33 Diabetes mellitus type 1 74
Charlotte Gordon

34 Diabetes mellitus type 2 78
Charlotte Gordon

35 Dual diagnosis 82
Leticia Wedderburn and Daren Bailey

36 Diverticular disease 84
Laura Park and Claire Ford

37 Epilepsy 88
Ian Peate

38 Heart failure 90
Barry Hill

39 HIV 92
Ian Peate

40 Hypertension 94
Barry Hill

41 Inflammatory bowel disease 96
Claire Ford and Laura Park

42 Multiple sclerosis 98
Barry Hill

43 Parkinson’s disease 100
Kelley Storey and Annette Hand

44 Peripheral arterial disease 102
Aby Mitchell

45 Psoriasis 104
Ian Peate

46 Rheumatoid arthritis 106
Jane Douglas and Karl Nicholl

47 Sickle cell 108
Barry Hill

48 Schizophrenia 110
Reuben Pearce and Helen Robson

49 Vascular dementia 112
Ian Peate

50 Viral hepatitis 114
Ian Peate

51 Visual impairment 116
Caitlin Gallon and Claire Ford

Part 4 Management of long-term conditions 119

52 Frameworks of care delivery – new ways of working 120
Barry Hill

53 Evidence-based practice 122
Claire Anderson

54 Leadership and management 124
Barry Hill

55 Chronic pain management 126
Claire Ford and Laura Park

56 End of life care 130
Jemma-Louise McCann and Sara Sinclair

57 Advanced care planning 132
Sara Sinclair

Bibliography 134

Index 140

Subject Areas: Nursing & ancillary services [MQ]
View full details