Managing Chronic Disorders

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006 - Medical - 469 pages

Managing Chronic Disorders provides practical, authoritative guidance on day-to-day management of more than 100 chronic disorders and includes over 300 reproducible patient-teaching aids. Part 1 presents complete information on each disorder, including causes, pathophysiology, assessment findings, diagnosis, treatment, special considerations, patient-teaching points, and a list of applicable patient-teaching aids. Management of acute exacerbations is covered for selected disorders. Part 2 contains over 100 patient-teaching aids that health care providers can photocopy and give to patients.

A bound-in CD-ROM contains the patient-teaching aids from the book, plus over 200 additional teaching aids covering self-care, nutrition, health promotion, medication administration, and more.

 

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TitleManaging Chronic Disorders
ContributorLippincott Williams & Wilkins
Editionillustrated
PublisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006
ISBN1582554420, 9781582554426
Length469 pages
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Medical / Allied Health Services / General
  
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