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Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, 2nd Edition

Author : By Grace Lindsay, BSc(Hons), RGN, SCM, RN, MN, and Allan Gaw

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ISBN : 9780443071171

Publication Date : 21-01-2004

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ISBN	9780443071171
Sub Title	A Handbook for the Health Care Team
Table of Content	Preface. Coronary heart disease: epidemiology, pathology and diagnosis. Risk factor assessment. Lipids and lipid-lowering drugs. Hypertension and anti-hypertensive therapy. Lifestyle management: smoking. Lifestyle management: diet. Lifestyle management: exercise. Lifestyle management: facilitating behavioural change. Medical management of coronary heart disease. Cardiac rehabilitation.Women and coronary heart disease. Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease.
Author Information	By Grace Lindsay, BSc(Hons), RGN, SCM, RN, MN, Lecturer in Nursing and Midwifery Studies, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; and Allan Gaw, British Heart Foundation Research Fellow and Honorary Senior Registrar in Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Pathological Biochemistry, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
Imprint	Churchill Livingstone
Pages	344
Publication Date	21-01-2004
Stock Status	In Stock
Published Reviews	"An excellent handbook which covers all aspects of coronary heart disease and will serve as a very useful reference for nurses working in primary and secondary health prevention"Nursing in General Practice has been the handbook for many nurses undertaking courses on coronary heart disease (CHD). This second edition has been extensively revised to incorporate the many important developments in CHD care that have occured over the last few years. The book is invaluable for practice nurses seeing patients in this important area of clinical practice and will enable them to provide evidence-based care to an ever increasing number of patients with CHD. " Jane Procter, Practice Nurse, June 2004 book provides a comprehensive guide covering all aspects of coronary heart disease prevention. It is clearly written; there are summaries of key points at the end of each chapter, case studies and practical exercises to help the application of theory to practice. This is an excellent book for all health professionals involved in the prevention of coronary heart disease."" Liz Colley, Community Practtioner, May 2004
New to this Edition	the implications from clinical governance legislation, the National Service Frameworks and Joint British Recommendations on prevention of CHD in clinical practice recent research outcomes e.g. the HOT trial diabetes and its links with CHD material relating to ethnic minorities more 'global' statistics where possible to make the text more appealing to international markets the inequalities arising from socio-economic exclusion
pp_copykeyfeatures	evidence-based content ensures a firm scientific basis for practice the practical nature of the content can be immediately applied in the working environment e.g. smoking cessation strategies, dietary counseling and risk assessment the multidisciplinary group of contributors ensures that the content reflects the multidisciplinary nature of CHD prevention work case studies and practice exercises enable the application of theory to practice summaries of key points facilitate understanding and retention

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