Transitioning Medical Care : Through Adolescence to Adulthood

Transitioning Medical Care : Through Adolescence to Adulthood edited by Dan Wood, Alun Williams, Martin A. Koyle, Andrew D. Baird - 1 recurso en línea (VIII, 152 páginas 3 ilustraciones, 1 ilustraciones a color) - Medicine (Springer-11650) .

1. Metrics -- 2. Information Transfer -- 3. Managing the parents -- 4. Barriers to Transition -- 5. Assessing Readiness -- 6. Clinical Safety -- 7. Building the Team (MDT) -- 8. Political Concerns- Institutional, Government, Insurance, Funding -- 9. What do patients worry about? -- 10. Why should we worry about Patients? -- 11. Taking a Service Forward.

This book provides a guide to the complexities of medical care through adolescence and into adulthood. The principles of transition, the management of patients and parents, and developmentally appropriate adolescent health care are discussed and evaluated. The academic importance of understanding long-term outcomes of treatments and diseases that began in childhood is also covered. This book aims to help readers build a multidisciplinary transition team and details the barriers encountered in this process and the ways to overcome them.

9783030058951

10.1007/978-3-030-05895-1 doi


Asistencia sanitaria

RA425 / .T73 2019 EB