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Transition Guide
Chronic Illness
Impact and Intervention
Seventh Edition
Pamala D. Larsen, PhD, CRRN, FNGNA, University of Wyoming
Ilene Morof Lubkin, RN, MS, GNP
ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-5126-5
Hardcover • 680 Pages • © 2009
Jones and Bartlett Publishers
See What’s New to the Seventh Edition!
This Transition Guide outlines many of the changes and new content in the Seventh Edition. Use this guide for an easy transition for the new edition.
Chapter Outlines
Table of Contents Comparison to transition from the Sixth to the Seventh Edition
Chronic Illness: Impact and Interventions,Sixth Edition / Chronic Illness: Impact and Intervention, Seventh Edition
Chapter 1: Chronicity / Chapter 1: Chronicity
Chapter 2: Illness Models, Frameworks and Roles / Chapter 2: Illness Behavior
Chapter 3: Stigma / Chapter 3: Stigma
Chapter 4: Chronic Pain / NEW Chapter 4: Psychosocial Adjustment
Chapter 5: Self Efifcacy / Chapter 5: Social Isolation
Chapter 6: Social Isolation / Chapter 6: Body Image
Chapter 7: Altered Mobility & Fatigue / Chapter 7: Quality of Life
Chapter 8: Body Image / Chapter 8: Adherence
Chapter 9: Quality of Life / Chapter 9: Family Caregiving
Chapter 10: Compliance / Chapter 10: Sexuality
Chapter 11: Family Caregivers / Chapter 11: Powerlessness
Chapter 12: Sexuality / NEW Chapter 12: Culture
Chapter 13: Powerlessness / NEW Chapter 13: Self Care
Chapter 14: Change Agent / Chapter 14: Client and Family Education
Chapter 15: Client and Family Education / NEW Chapter 15: Health Promotion
Chapter 16: Advocacy / Chapter 16: Advanced Practice
Chapter 17: Research / NEW Chapter 17: Symptom Management
Chapter 18: Ethics in Chronic Illness / Chapter 18: Alternative, Complementary and Integrative Therapy
Chapter 19: Nurse Case Management / NEW Chapter 19: Models of Care
Chapter 20: The Advanced Practice Nurse in Chronic Illness / Chapter 20: Home Health Care
Chapter 21: Complementary & Alternative Therapies / Chapter 21: Long Term Care
Chapter 22: Home Health Care / Chapter 22: Palliative Care
Chapter 23: Home Health Care / Chapter 23: Policy and Politics
Chapter 24: Long Term Care / Chapter 24: Rehabilitation
Chapter 25:Rehabilitation
Chapter 26: Politics & Policy
Chapter 27: Financial Impact
Key New Features
The new edition of best-selling Chronic Illness: Impact and Intervention continues to focus on the various aspects of chronic illness that influence both patients and their families. Topics include the sociological, psychological, ethical, organizational, and financial factors, as well as individual and system outcomes. Additionally, each chapter has new case studies, a stand-alone ‘evidence based practice’ box and a list of appropriate internet sites for reference.
New chapter titles include:
Adaptation
Culture
Self Care
Health Promotion
Symptom Management
Models of Care
Key Features Include:
- Chapter Introductions
- Chapter Study Questions
- Case Studies
- Evidence-Based Practice Boxes
- List of websites appropriate to each chapter
- Individual and System Outcomes
About the Authors
Pamala D. Larsen, PhD, CRRN - FNGNA, Associate Dean and Professor, FayW.WhitneySchool of Nursing, University of Wyoming
Dr. Larsen has been a certified rehabilitation nurse and a nursing educator and administrator for nearly 25 years in a university setting, currently serving as Associate Dean and Professor at the Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing at the University of Wyoming. Her passion in chronic illness began as a staff nurse in a neurological unit in the late 1970’s. During her masters degree program in the early 1980’s, her plan of study focused on oncology and Hospice. She has past federal training grants in rehabilitation and geriatric rehabilitation, and her publications focus on the clinical issues of chronic illness and the older adult. Dr. Larsen is a Fellow in the National Gerontological Nursing Association (NGNA). She currently is serving NGNA as Vice-President as well as being Chair of the Rehabilitation Nursing Foundation of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses.
The lateIlene Morof Lubkin, RN, MS, GNP - California State University, California
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