SUPPORTING SELF CARE IN PRIMARY CARE
2006264 pages Paperback
ISBN-10 1 84619 070 3
ISBN-13 9781846190704
Ruth Chambers, Gill Wakley and Alison Blenkinsopp, Respectively Director of Postgraduate General Practice Education, West Midlands Deanery Clinical Dean, Staffordshire University and General Practitioner; Freelance General Practitioner, Writer and Lecturer; Professor of the Practice of Pharmacy, Keele University
Foreword by David Colin-Thomé, National Clinical Director for Primary Care, Part-time GP, and Honorary Visiting Professor, Manchester Centre for Healthcare Management, Manchester University
Description
Designed around the Department of Health’s Working in Partnership Programme, this book is full of easy-to-implement advice for everyday use, promoting a positive approach to self care and demonstrating how smoothly it can be introduced and undertaken.
Supporting Self Care in Primary Care encourages interactive professional learning and development, both individually and within a team, and highlights the importance and benefits of self care in the workplace. It is a self-contained text with tools and illustrative examples to aid comprehension, and includes a complementary web resource containing further tools and a training package.
All healthcare professionals involved in commissioning or providing primary care to patients will find this practical guide invaluable, as will healthcare managers and health promotion specialists.
‘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
Review Quotes ‘Supporting Self Care in Primary Care delineates the tools, organizational skills, and support systems necessary to move a primary care practice forward in its efforts to educate patients about self-care. It is a book about managing significant change in a practice, such as in this case, managing self-care. One of the strengths of this book is that, in my view, the authors' approach could be applied to affecting change in other areas of practice, eg, electronic health records. The book is well organized and clearly written. Each of the 13 chapters begins with a set of objectives. There are many tables, boxes, and figures that summarize or elaborate on the text. Includes tools to help the reader plan and support self-care.’ FAMILY MEDICINE
Useful. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY NURSING
'An excellent book. All healthcare professionals involved in primary care will find this practical guide invaluable, as will healthcare managers and health promotion specialists.' STRIDE
 Supporting self care What we know about the practice and impact of self care Getting organised for supporting self care as a PCT Getting organised for supporting self care as a general practice team Getting organised for supporting self care as a practitioner Supporting self care in a pharmacy team Seeing the patient’s perspective Managing change Completing the cycle – evaluation Illustrative patient pathways to self care Illustrative patient pathway to self care – sore throat Illustrative patient pathway to self care – back pain Illustrative patient pathway to self care – asthma Illustrative patient pathway to self care – cough and colds
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