384 Pages
by
CRC Press
384 Pages
by
CRC Press
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In this ground-breaking new work, Patrick J McEvoy connects with healthcare professionals, patients and illness to presenting an entirely new way to address chronic disease management.
By reflecting on the very nature of chronic disease, rather than focusing on its consequences, the book sheds new light on the complex realities of general practice, explaining the intricacies of community medicine,... Read more
Introduction: chronic disease, its natural history and ecology 1. Chronic disease: what’s so special about it? 2. The story of chronic disease (the disease complex) 3. The journey through chronic disease (the patient complex) 4. Care of the chronic sick: the community complex 5. The clinical complex: the general practitioner and chronic care 6. A chronic care revolution: service redesign and the policy complex 7. The learning and teaching complex through the chronic disease paradigm 8. Meeting the challenges of chronic care
Biography
Patrick McEvoy
