Translating Chronic Illness Research Into Practice

Download or read book Translating Chronic Illness Research into Practice written by Debbie Kralik and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translating Chronic Illness Research into Practice presentsrecent developments in chronic illness research and theirimplications for clinical practice. It delivers both a synthesisand a critique of current chronic illness research and itsapplications to chronic illness prevention, treatment and care. Itpromotes advances in knowledge about chronic illness, includingdiscussion of the future directions for chronic illness researchand gaps in present knowledge about effective chronic illnessprevention, treatment and care. Key features: Contains contributions from internationally renownedresearchers in chronic illness Focuses on three key concepts, translating research intopractice, chronic illness and practice, and bridges the boundariesbetween them Is applicable to an international, multi-disciplinaryreadership For researchers and practitioners across healthdisciplines