Comprehensive Management of COPD - Softcover

Bourbeau, Jean; Nault, Diane; Borycki, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550091743 ISBN 13: 9781550091748

Publisher: PMPH-USA, 2002

Synopsis

Comprehensive Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease has been written to help physicians and health professionals improve their skills in managing COPD patients. It has only been recently recognised that it is a team that best carries out the medical management of COPD patients, and that the team's most important member is the patient.

In addition to presenting highly pertinent scientific information, Comprehensive Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease incorporates sound principles of management; interdisciplinary perspective, team work and methodology for imparting medical and pharmaceutical knowledge to patients, as well as new skills to help patients retain or regain a higher status of physical fitness, emotional and psychological health.

Each chapter has been written by a multidisciplinary team composed of experts from the front lines of patient care provision and coordination. Chapters are organized into sections: Chapter Outline; Objective and What Physicians and Healthcare Professionals Can Expect to Learn; Introduction; Chapter Main Content; When to Refer; In Summary; Case Study; Key Points to Remember; Suggested Readings and References.

Comprehensive Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease combines features of a medical text - symptoms, signs, drugs and doses - with practical details concerning smoking cessation, inhalation therapy, and rehabilitation through exercise. Topics such as psychosocial, spiritual and sexual function are examined and patient involvement in the care process is emphasized.

About this title

About the Author

Jean Bourbeau MD, MSc, FRCPC Assistant Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Diane Nault RN, MSc Head Nurse, Ambulatory Services McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec Elizabeth Borycki RN, HBScN, GNC(c) Clinical Informatics Specialist, Informatics Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

Edition details

• Publisher: PMPH-USA
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1550091743
• ISBN 13: 9781550091748
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372