Description

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Are you a health professional needing an update on Long Term Conditions? At last, all the essential information is available in one concise resource. This book is a practical, down-to-earth manual. It should help your consultation skills, it has ideas for your revalidation portfolio and it could increase your income. Written for general practice nurses, the book may also be useful for the wider healthcare team, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, healthcare assistants and students. Chapter 1 Consultation SkillsChapter 2 Health PromotionChapter 3 COPDChapter 4 AsthmaChapter 5 Prevention of Cardiovascular DiseaseChapter 6 HypertensionChapter 7 Heart FailureChapter 8 Atrial FibrillationChapter 9 Stroke and TIAChapter 10 DiabetesChapter 11 EpilepsyChapter 12 Learning DisabilityChapter 13 HypothyroidismChapter 14 OsteoarthritisChapter 15 OsteoporosisChapter 16 DementiaChapter 17 Mental HealthChapter 18 Professionalism and TrustThe paperback and the ebook are being sold to raise funds for the charity M decins sans Fronti res (MSF). A minimum of 4.00 from every purchase will be donated to MSF, so PLEASE BUY NOW.

About the Author

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Diana Hutchinson was a GP in Coventry, until she retired in 2015. She was involved in the training and assessment of junior doctors for twenty years, as a GP trainer and as an examiner for the Royal College of General Practitioners. Dr Hutchinson wrote this book with a group of expert nurses, who have reviewed individual chapters in their area of expertise.