In Australia, cardiovascular disease [CVD] remains the leading cause of death for both men and women and is also a msyor cause of disability (NSW Health 2006). The process of recovery following an acute cardiac event can ...

The preceding chapters have provided insights into how the health agenda of governments in many developed countries has changed . The past focus on preventative health care and individual education for appropriate lifestyle ...

The huge outpouring of public tribute on the recent death of Ronald Reagan (RR), and the many statements attesting to his `great leadership¿ came as a surprise to many. This was a President who was on the ...

People with an intellectual disability and their families experience poorer health care compared with the general population. Living with an intellectual disability is often challenged by coexisting complex and chronic ...

This book introduces and discusses the complex psychosocial aspects related to SCI and its management and rehabilitation. SCI results in devastating consequences, and SCI people need to draw upon their every available ...

The author reflects on professional generosity in nursing. She mentions that professional generosity can be in any forms for nurses contributes to the development of others that occurs in a range of informal and formal ...