Description
FAMILY CARE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH 3RD ED
Book Summary
This third edition, completely revised and updated, offers a rigorous and practical guide on the theoretical and operational foundations of family care and community health. Aimed at both students and working professionals, the work integrates new chapters on competency profiles, basic epidemiology, and the interaction between the clinical and community perspectives. With an updated approach that includes the digitalization of care, this text is an essential tool for completing the training profile and improving daily practice in primary and community care.
What is it about?
The work is structured into two main parts that comprehensively address primary and community care. In the first part, dedicated to concepts and organization, two new chapters have been incorporated: one that details the profiles and competencies of Family Care and Community Health professionals, describing the functions of primary care teams; and another on the fundamental elements of Basic Epidemiology, essential for students and professionals in the field.
The second part, focused on work tools, includes a new chapter exploring the growing interactions between clinical and community perspectives. In addition, the chapter on digitalization and virtual care has been updated, analyzing its advantages and disadvantages in the current context. The edition features the participation of new authors, mainly nurses, which enriches the multidisciplinary perspective of the work.
Main Topics
- Theoretical and practical foundations of family care and community health
- Professional profiles and competencies in primary care teams
- Basic elements of epidemiology applied to the community
- Integration of the clinical and community perspective in healthcare practice
- Digitalization of healthcare and virtual care
- Home care as a cornerstone of community care
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at health sciences students, especially in nursing and medicine, who are seeking solid training in primary and community care. It is also an updated reference for practicing professionals, such as nurses, family physicians, and other members of primary care teams, who wish to deepen their competency profile and update their knowledge on the most recent tools and approaches in community health.
What this book provides
- A complete and updated vision of the organization and competencies in primary and community care
- Practical tools to integrate basic epidemiology into daily practice
- Keys to understanding and applying the interaction between clinical and community care
- Critical analysis of digitalization and virtual care, with advantages and disadvantages
- Renewed content with the participation of new authors, mainly nurses, who contribute a multidisciplinary perspective
Technical Sheet
- Author: MARTIN ZURRO
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: PERSONAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH, GENERAL MEDICINE, NURSING
- Collection: NURSING
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition date: May 2023
- Number of pages: 392
- Weight: 898 g
Editorial Assessment
This third edition of "Family Care and Community Health" is presented as a reference training resource in its field, with a renewed structure that responds to the current needs of the healthcare system. The inclusion of new chapters on professional competencies, basic epidemiology, and the clinical-community relationship, together with the update of the section on digitalization, make it a useful work both for student training and for the updating of professionals. The incorporation of new authors, especially from the nursing field, enriches the multidisciplinary approach demanded by contemporary primary care.