
This is an easy-to-read guide for general practitioners, nurses, and other health care professionals who work with geriatric patients and who need to know how to help promote continence in their patients. Incontinence can be a severe, distressing disability. However much progress has been made recently in the understanding of bladder function in people of all ages. As a result, an entire range of noninvasive approaches are available to doctors treating patients at home. As general practitioners and family physicians become more aware of the treatment strategies, they will be better able to assess and manage incontinent patients. The authors give practical advice and help the reader to identify those individuals who may require hospital investigation and treatment.
This guide investigates the clinical methodologies for managing and promoting continence within primary care settings to improve patient outcomes. The authors, Maggie Clamp and Nigel R. M. Smith, leverage their clinical expertise to provide a framework for general practitioners and nurses to assess bladder dysfunction. They argue that by utilizing noninvasive treatment strategies, primary care providers can effectively manage incontinence without immediate recourse to hospital-based interventions.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Medical professionals frequently cite this text as a practical, accessible resource for integrating continence care into daily general practice. Experts highlight the book's utility in bridging the gap between complex urological research and the immediate, hands-on needs of primary care clinicians.
Page Count:
80
Publication Date:
1991-08-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0192620436
ISBN-13:
9780192620439
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