General Hospital Care for People with Learning Disabilities - Couverture souple

Hannon, Lynn; Clift, Julie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1405185635 ISBN 13 : 9781405185639

Editeur : *Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

General Hospital Care for People with Learning Disabilities is a comprehensive resource for those health professionals in a general hospital setting who may come into contact with people with learning disabilities. The book explores the nature of learning disabilities and highlights specific healthcare needs. It takes the reader through all the key factors in the healthcare process, through pre-admission assessment, care planning, intervention and treatment, and liaison and discharge planning, while highlighting key healthcare needs at each stage.

The Department of Health, the National Health Service Executive and Mencap have all reported that people with learning disabilities have increased health needs compared to the general population, yet these needs are often poorly met and people experience difficulties in accessing appropriate services. This is a timely and accessible resource for healthcare professionals in need of a general introduction to caring for people with a learning disability.

• Relevant to the care of both children and adults with a learning disability
• Use of case studies to illustrate examples of situations explored in the main text
• Focuses on key areas of communication, understanding behavior and the often difficult area of consent

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lynn Hannon is currently Head of Employment Services at East Lancashire PCT, formerly Nurse Manager of the Specialist Community Nursing Service for people with a learning disability, and a Florence Nightingale Scholar.

Julie Clift is Community Nurse Specialist Learning Disabilities/Acute Liaison at NHS East Lancashire Community Services and Lecturer Practitioner for the University of Cumbria.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: *Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405185635
• ISBN 13: 9781405185639
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne