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Provides advice, case studies, a variety of assessment tools, instructional guidelines, and practical exercises to educate nursing home staff about care of the dying. A multidisciplinary focus outlines important roles for staff members in providing competent end-of-life care.
The 2006 World Health Report highlighted the shortage of adequately prepared health professionals as the most significant threat to world health. This book focuses on the training of health professional educators (both teachers and practitioners) in low resource countries and communities at different levels of technological and material ......
An under-recognized condition that can potentially cause brain damage and even death, nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is an important clinical problem, occurring in about 25 per cent of status epilepsy cases. This text covers its diagnosis and management.
This new edition fills an important gap in the literature by providing a concise treatment of pediatric neurology that focuses on the most commonly seen diseases with clinical guidelines that help todayC busy practitioner find answers quickly.
This second edition continues to focus on staying well with MS. The book covers a broad range of topics related to MS and its effects, focusing especially on the needs of those who have been living with the disease for some time. Practical tips on self-care are designed to promote maximum independence, well-being and productivity.
Provides a cognitive-behavioural approach to overcoming the depression, anxiety, and stress that goes hand-in-hand with MS. Patricia Farrell helps individuals and their families better understand the effects that MS has on mood levels and anxiety, and offers a plan of simple remediation in a self-help format.
This volume provides an overview of the general management of epilepsy in the primary care and general neurology setting. The text emphasises those treatments that can be managed by non-specialists and indicates when referral is appropriate.
In recent times there has been growing interest in positive psychology as evidenced by the swell in positive psychology graduate programs, undergraduate courses, journals related to the topic, popular book titles on the topic and scholarly publications.
