As increasing numbers of young people with chronic illness reach adulthood, their ongoing medical care must evolve to be delivered in an adult rather than paediatric setting, a process known as transition. Towards this goal, increasing numbers of paediatric and adult hospitals are engaging in ...
Humanities for people with chronic illnessesMedicineHealth educationPhysiological psychology Humanities for people with chronic illnesses DREW UNIVERSITY Phyllis DeJesse TeagardenJ. RussellContemporary Biomedicine often cures diseases, but it does not often address illness experiences, such as a person's ...
Young people between the ages of 15 and 30 living with a chronic illness are three times more likely to attempt suicide than their healthy peers, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo. The study found that chronic conditions—such as asthma, diabetes and Crohn's disease—...
People with chronic illnesses often see up to 5 specialists a year. One major challenge for these patients and their doctors is coordinating care among multiple health care providers. Younger patients and those with several chronic illnesses are more likely to report difficulties with care coordination...
内容简介· ··· Children and young people suffering from long-term conditions require continuing support and nursing care throughout their lives. Nursing Care of Children and Young People with Chronic Illness explores chronic disease management in the context of recent developments, including the Nati...
People with chronic illness were not more likely to receive practical and emotional support from neighbours if they lived in a neighbourhood with more social capital. People with chronic illness with moderate physical disabilities or with comorbidity, and people with chronic illness who lived together ...
Interventions to improve adherence to medication in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a review of the literature on the role of pharmacists Background and objective: Pharmacists are now adopting a crucial role in the management of chronic illness in primary care, providing diabetes care and ...
Discusses the sense-making process in defining health, particularly as related to those individuals with chronic illness and disability. Although a facet of health, such as functional health, may be defined in terms of physical and social functions, it is also important to consider how individuals...
Nursing Care of Children and Young People with Chronic Illness is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for nursing students and practitioners on the context, theory and practice of assessing health needs, and the delivery of holistic care and services within a variety of care settings, to enable...
Social workers, and other members of the multidisciplinary CF team have an important role in helping people with CF navigate the welfare system, so that they are clear about the benefits that they are entitled to, and the support available to help people with chronic illness in the workplace....