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Coeliac Disease: Nursing Care and Management

ISBN: 978-0-470-98793-3

December 2008

214 pages

Description
Coeliac Disease: Nursing Care and Management provides nurses with the knowledge and evidence base to understand the impact of the diagnosis of Coeliac disease, and examine the long term treatment and management of the condition. The authors take the reader through an investigative journey from the history of the disease through its pathology, characteristics, diagnosis, treatment and management. Clinical case studies bring to life both the physical and psychosocial aspects of care of patients making this an ideal text for clinical nurse specialists, Gastroenterology nurses and Endoscopy nurses.
About the Author
Helen Griffiths is a Nurse Consultant in Gastroenterology at Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.