Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CHAPTER 18 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Colleen Doyle, Rebecca Howard, Loyal Pattuwage, Sandy Ward LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to: • describe the…
Depression: its scope, impacts, treatment and nursing management
CHAPTER 13 Depression: its scope, impacts, treatment and nursing management Scott Fanker, O’Brien Louise LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to: • identify the…
Chronic diseases of the bowel
CHAPTER 22 Chronic diseases of the bowel Michelle Woods, Mark Zasadny, Annette Marlow LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to: • explain the pathophysiology…
Chronic heart failure
CHAPTER 20 Chronic heart failure Patricia M. Davidson, Phillip J. Newton, Peter S. Macdonald LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to: • describe the…
Ischaemic heart disease
CHAPTER 19 Ischaemic heart disease Angela M. Kucia, Elizabeth Birchmore LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to: • describe modifiable biomedical and behavioural risk…
Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and motor neurone disease
CHAPTER 16 Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and motor neurone disease Robin Ray, Laraine McAnally LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to: • describe the…
Stroke (cerebrovascular accident)
CHAPTER 15 Stroke (cerebrovascular accident) Andrew Scanlon, Jim Kevin LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to: • identify known risk factors for stroke •…
Advanced dementia
CHAPTER 14 Advanced dementia Esther Chang, Sally Easterbrook, Amanda Johnson, Karen Hancock, Megan Luhr, Kathleen Harrison LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to: •…
Palliation in chronic illness
CHAPTER 11 Palliation in chronic illness Christine Haley, James Daley LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to: • understand historical factors that led to…
