Risk management, assessment and reduction, alongside patient involvement, is an essential part of the current NHS reforms. This book draws together and summarises the latest information on risk in healthcare. It outlines the facts patients need and the level of involvement they require to make informed decisions, and emphasises the practical aspects of how practitioners can best explain risk. The first section of the book concentrates on defining risk and the factors influencing individuals as they make decisions about risk, and the latter part focuses on how clinical teams make decisions...

One in seven couples experience problems in conceiving, and this book provides information about fertility investigations, treatments, management and dilemmas. This overview of the management of couples with fertility problems is a straightforward account of best practice in the UK today. Fertility treatments have many ethical implications and the book explains the challenges we face following new developments in assisted reproduction, cloning, surrogacy and rationing. Fertility Problems helps GPs and their teams undertake as much management as possible in primary care, and enables them to...

A practical workbook for the changing nature of general practice. It takes readers on a path from becoming aware of what causes stress at work and home, to enhancing their careers and developing further as people and professionals. It also explains how to manage stress better, be assertive, and manage time. There are exercises and six modules which together form a survival skills distance learning programme. The text evolved from a Royal College of General Practitioners stress fellowship learning programme.

This book consists of more than 400 questions (multiple true-false and extended matching types) covering basic surgical sciences and clinical general surgery in an integrated fashion. As well as all the major areas of surgery other topics covered include pre-operative assessment anaesthesia intensive care trauma surgical oncology and post-operative complications. Short answers to all the questions are included. Although aimed at candidates preparing for Papers 1 and 2 of the new MRCS AFRCS and American Board examinations others such as undergraduate medical students and GPs will also find the...

"Self care is about people's attitudes and lifestyle, as well as what they can do to take care of themselves when they have a health problem. Supporting self care is about increasing people's confidence and self esteem, enabling them to take decisions about the sensible care of their health and avoiding triggering health problems. Although many people are already practising self care to some extent, there is a great deal more that they can do." - Ruth Chambers, Gill Wakley and Alison Blenkinsopp, in the Preface. Designed around the Department of Health's Working in Partnership Programme, this...

This highly practical book is written specifically for midwives, having been developed from the best-selling "Clinical Effectiveness and Clinical Governance Made Easy, Fourth Edition." Requiring no prior knowledge, it provides a straightforward guide to the topics of clinical effectiveness and clinical governance, avoiding jargon but explaining relevant terms in the context of practical midwifery. The second edition has been completely revised, updated and expanded throughout. It takes midwife readers from the stage of assessing their current position to framing an enquiry, searching for...

Current research suggests that families who experience neglect have multiple economic and clinical needs. However little is known about the interrelationship between these diverse needs and what kinds of services best alleviate their impact. Service Integration is one promising approach but evidence of effective applications are sparse. This book presents how one agency combined child welfare and economic assistance services; and how family needs, services, and family outcomes were addressed in child neglect cases. The findings demonstrate that service integration could be implemented within...

Clinical audit is essential for demonstrating performance for the quality and outcomes framework of the GP Contract. This completely up to date manual uses a practical 'how-to-do-it' approach, linked directly to the GP Contract, to make the undertaking of clinical audit a positive and rewarding exercise for both patient care and practice finance. By using examples of clinical audit from around twenty different clinical fields, Clinical Audit in Primary Care provides tips and advice that can be integrated into everyday practice. The recommended process will enable managers, doctors, nurses and...