Managing Osteoarthritis in Primary Care
- List Price: $70.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Blackwell Pub
- Publish date: 09/01/2000
Description:
This book provides an overview of the condition, its causes and natural history. Diagnosis of osteoarthritis is also explained including descriptions of joint examination, monitoring of progression and assessment of disability. The book advocates a practical approach to osteoarthritis care, the mainstay of which is patient education and symptom management. It provides advice on both pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management, the use of exercise, physiotherapy and weight loss where necessary. Informing the patient of the disease and its prognosis, ways in which they can adapt their home and their lifestyle to work within their physical capabilities and the options for surgery are discussed.
-- A book by GPs for GPs, it takes a realistic view of what can be done within the limitations of primary care
-- The authors advocate a patient-centered approach to management, the cornerstone of which is patient education, behaviour change and lifestyle adaptations.
-- Sets out a practical approach for pain management.
-- Provides an overview of the condition, its causes and natural history.
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-- A book by GPs for GPs, it takes a realistic view of what can be done within the limitations of primary care
-- The authors advocate a patient-centered approach to management, the cornerstone of which is patient education, behaviour change and lifestyle adaptations.
-- Sets out a practical approach for pain management.
-- Provides an overview of the condition, its causes and natural history.
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