Chronic physical illness: self-management and behavioural interventions: Self Management and Behavioural Interventions - Softcover

Newman, .

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335217869 ISBN 13: 9780335217861

Publisher: Open University Press, 2008

Synopsis

"This is a ground-breaking book which provides a needed overview of self-management and chronic physical illness ... The book provided useful definitions that helped to introduce the concept of self-management and behavioural interventions to new readers ... Its strengths were its ease of use, accessible and informative content, and the clear application of theory into practice."
International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

"Newman, Steed and Mulligan have provided an honest attempt to capture the essential practical material required for those working directly with clients in this growing area ... As a broad introductory text, this book achieves its purpose."
International Journal of Integrated Care

"I feel this book would be a great addition on any adult nursing bookshelf, especially useful in health promotion, community and management modules. Any healthcare profession such as nurses, doctors, occupational therapists who deal with individuals with chronic illnesses will benefit from this book. I highly recommend this book, a 'must read' for nursing students."
Isobel Weston, Nursing Student, Nottingham University, UK

This groundbreaking book provides a much-needed overview of self-management in chronic physical illness. It provides the theoretical and conceptual background to self-management, as well as examining issues related to the delivery of self-management interventions in chronic illness. The chapters systematically review the efficacy and effectiveness of interventions in a range of different chronic conditions, including:

• Asthma
• Coronary artery disease
• Heart failure
• COPD
• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Rheumatoid arthritis

Authored by a range of leading international authors, each of them experts in the chronic diseases they discuss, the book is key reading for a wide range of health care professionals dealing with individuals with chronic conditions, including nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, health psychologists and occupational therapists. The book concludes by looking at the future of self-management for chronic illness.

Contributors: Susan J. Blalock, Debbie Cooke, Angela Coulter, Robert F. DeVellis, Joe Ellins, Maarten J. Fischer, Wendy Hardeman, Eric S. Hart, Paul Higgs, Martin Hyde, Ad A. Kaptein, Kate Lorig, Patrick McGowan, Susan Michie, Debra K. Moser, Serap Osman, Jerry C. Parker, Sheetal Patel, Nina Rieckmann, Margreet Scharloo, Nancy E. Schoenberg, Timothy C. Skinner, Jane R. Smith, Lucia Snoei, Frank J. Snoek, Stephen Sutton, John Weinman, Manuel Paz Yepez

About this title

Synopsis

Patients who live with chronic physical illness are often the best judges of what they need to manage their condition. One of the goals of the NHS is to improve quality of life in patients with chronic conditions, and the concept of the expert patient - a patient who is empowered with information and contributes ideas to help in their treatment and care - is seen as a way to help to achieve this goal. This book is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of self-management in chronic physical illness. It is intended to provide readers with the theoretical and conceptual background to self-management, as well as examining issues to do with the delivery of self-management interventions in chronic illness and systematically reviewing the efficacy and effectiveness of these interventions in a range of different chronic conditions. The readership for the book is intended to be a wide range of health care professionals dealing with individuals with chronic conditions. It will appeal in particular to those who are engaged in self-management interventions or academic researchers interested in these interventions.

In addition postgraduate students in health and clinical psychology as well as doctors, nurses and other health care professionals in training are likely to use such a book.

About the Author

Stanton Newman is Professor of Health Psychology and Head of the Centre for Behavioural and Social Sciences at University College London, UK. Elizabeth Steed is a Chartered Health Psychologist working at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. In addition, she is an Honorary Research Associate at University College London, UK. Kathleen Mulligan is a Chartered Health Psychologist and a Research Fellow at University College London, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0335217869
• ISBN 13: 9780335217861
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328