Product Description: This book explores sociological debates in relation to culture, taste and value. It argues that sociology can contribute to debates about aesthetic value and to an understanding of how people evaluate.  

Product Description: This book is a sociological study of a societal grouping that has the popular title ’middle class’. It argues that it is more precise to describe the middle classes as dominant groupings, and the book draws upon a wide range of characters from such groupings...read more

Heart failure is a condition that often results in chronic tiredness and shortness of breath. It also requires complex nursing and medical treatment, especially after a hospital admission, which is all too frequent for persons with heart failure.This book describes and discusses the latest research concerning the benefits of having specially trained nurses manage the care of patients with heart failure after they have been discharged from hospital to their own home. Leading nurses and doctors from around the world discuss their experiences with this type of innovative and effective care program.Building upon these experiences, the book also contains a practical guide to developing this type of care program into a fully functional service that provides quality care to those patients admitted to hospital with heart failure.

Univ. of Glasgow, UK. Guide to specialist nurse intervention for patients with chronic heart failure, with contributions from an international group of experts. Details the roles of each member of the primary care team in serving the ultimate goal of increasing patient quality of life and reducing readmissions, and creating a service for post-discharge care. Softcover.

Product Description: This pocketbook is a concise summary of latest evidence-based information on the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Dr Simon Stewart is one of the world's leading nursing experts on cardiac disease, especially heart failure...read more

Product Description: To date, non-medical researchers, particularly those working in nursing and allied health, have suffered from a general lack of good, strategic advice on how to build their careers. Designed to assist readers in building their careers, A Self-fulfilling Prophecy: Building a Successful Career in Health Research, is a fascinating insight into author Simon Stewart’s, career as a health researcher...read more

Product Description: Diseases affectIng the heart represent a major and costly burden to both society and to the individual. In this context, both intermediate coronary syndrome and chronic congestive heart failure are associated with unacceptably high levels of morbidity and mortality; especially among certain "high-risk" individuals...read more

Product Description: The importance of ensuring that the best use is made of the limited resources in the health service is clear, but how can this be achieved? This book explains that value for money is not simply an idea for accountants but is rather a crucial tool in establishing how we identify and measure what is effective and efficient within the health service...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)