Peer Support in Medicine
Peer Support in Medicine
The book serves as a guide for all clinicians seeking to improve healthcare outcomes by implementing peer support in the treatment and management of medical and mental health conditions. The book begins with a chapter that describes the importance of peers and how peers are increasingly being utilized to improve medical outcomes. Each chapter opens with an introductory section, include tables and figures, and ends with a summary section for quick reference. Written by experts in the field, this resource covers the clinical implications for peer support in substance misuse, chronic medical conditions, in special populations, and mental illness generally. Each chapter is designed specifically to be accessible for a broad clinical audience of experts and non-experts across medical specialties.
Peer Support in Medicine is an excellent resource for all clinicians seeking to improve healthcare outcomes using the gains made by the peer support model, including psychiatrists, psychologists, healthcare researchers, and medical students across specialties, nurses, social workers, and all others.
Introduction
Peer Support for Substance Use Disorders
Peer Support for Mental Illness
Peer Support for Chronic Medical Conditions
Peer Support for Bereavement
Peer Support for Adolescents
Peer Support for Elderly
Peer Support for Families
Peer Support for the Medical Community.
Avery, Jonathan D.
| ISBN | 978-3-030-58659-1 |
|---|---|
| Artikelnummer | 9783030586591 |
| Medientyp | Buch |
| Auflage | 1st ed. 2021 |
| Copyrightjahr | 2021 |
| Verlag | Springer, Berlin |
| Umfang | XII, 184 Seiten |
| Abbildungen | XII, 184 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color. |
| Sprache | Englisch |
