An excellent guide to the modern nursing methods of the ill and disabled.
The book comprises the proper approach towards providing assistance to the patient - solicitous care and rehabilitation and compensation of the lost abilities via mobility aids and assistive devices as well as medical technologies.
The book discusses:
- ethical issues
- working conditions organisation
- planning and documenting of the provided care
- selected nursing techniques including safe lifting and moving the patient
- prevention of infections and results of long term immobilization.
The book is intended for medical carers, nurses and any body who takes care of the disabled and chronically ill on a daily basis.