Patient Care in Community Practice: A Handbook of Non-medicinal Healthcare - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0853694508 ISBN 13: 9780853694502

Verlag: Pharmaceutical Press, 2002

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Many conditions are now treated in the home rather than in hospital. General practitioners, community pharmacists, and district nurses have all had to adjust to the increased demands that this places on the primary healthcare team. This is guide for the healthcare professional to the background and use of a diverse range of non-medical products and appliances suitable for use in the home. These products include stoma appliances, incontinence aids, trusses, graduated compression hosiery, wound management products, oxygen administration aids, inhalation therapy aids, dietary products for special needs, home parental nutrition, enteral nutrition and dialysis. The completely revised edition includes details of all the latest developments in the treatment and management of these conditions. It is intended to provide the background knowledge, and with it the confidence, that carers need to ensure that the quality of life is maximised.

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Many medical conditions are now treated at home rather than in hospital, and general practitioners, community pharmacists and district nurses have all had to adjust to the increased demands that this places on the primary healthcare team.Patient Care in Community Practice provides a unique guide for the healthcare professional to the background and use of a diverse range of non-medicinal products and appliances suitable for use in the home. These products include: stoma appliances incontinence aids trusses graduated compression hosiery wound management products oxygen administration aids inhalation therapy aids dietary products for special needs parenteral nutrition enteral nutrition dialysis products.This updated and revised edition discusses the latest developments in the treatment and management of a variety of conditions. It provides the background knowledge, and the confidence, that carers need to ensure that the patient's quality of life is maximised.Robin J Harman is an independent pharmaceutical and regulatory consultant.

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• Verlag: Pharmaceutical Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0853694508
• ISBN 13: 9780853694502
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
• Herausgeber: Harman Dr Robin J.
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