| Description |
xii, 289 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1.. The development of bowel control / Christine Norton -- 2. The physiology of defaecation and continence / Anton Emmanuel -- 3. The epidemiology of faecal incontinence / Nicholas Kenefick -- 4. Causes of faecal incontinence / Christine Norton and Sonya Chelvanayagam -- 5. Psychosocial aspects of patients with faecal incontinence / Sonya Chelvanayagam & Solveig Wilson -- 6. Nursing assessment of adults with faecal incontinence / Sonya Chelvanayagam -- 7. Rectal bleeding - when to refer / Maggie Vance -- 8. Ano-rectal physiology investigation techniques / Tanya Nicholls -- 9. Radiographic investigations/ Andrew Williams -- 10. Investigation and management of chronic diarrhoea in adults / Sally Bell -- 11. Common Ano-rectal conditions / Gordon Buchanan and Richard Cohen -- 12. Conservative management of faecal incontinence in adults / Christine Norton and Sonya Chelvanayagam -- 13. Bowel care in old age / Danielle Harari -- 14. Surgical treatment of faecal incontinence / Andrew Malouf -- 15. A stoma for incontinence? / Julia Williams -- 16. Drug therapy for faecal incontinence -- 17. Bowel dysfunction: assessment and management in the neurological patient / Paul Wiesel and Sally Bell -- 18. Bowel control and intellectual disability / Linda Smith and Paul Smith -- 19. Constipation and faecal incontinence / Graham Clayden and Gillian Hollins -- 20. Practical management of faecal incontinence / Sonya Chelvanayagam and Christine Norton -- 21. Constipation / Anton Emmanuel -- 22. Behavioural and biofeedback therapy for evacuation disorders / Nicky Horton -- 23. Making toilets more accessible for individuals with a disability / Helen White |
| Summary |
"This book ... provides the basis for a detailed understanding of normal as well as disordered bowel function, and the causes of faecal incontinence and constipation. The authors have adopted a deliberately practical style so that the book can be used on a daily basis in clinical practice - in almost every health care setting there will be patients who can benefit from the care described." -- BOOK COVER |
| Analysis |
Nursing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate |
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Postgraduate |
| Subject |
Fecal incontinence.
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Fecal incontinence -- Nursing.
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Intestines -- Diseases -- Nursing.
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Fecal Incontinence -- nursing.
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Intestinal Diseases -- nursing.
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Fecal Incontinence -- nursing.
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Intestinal Diseases -- nursing.
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| Author |
Norton, Christine.
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Chelvanayagam, Sonya.
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| ISBN |
0906584523 paperback |
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