Encyclopaedia of Hospital, Nursing and Health Care (Old Age and Geriatric Care and Nursing)

The Encyclopaedia of Hospital, Nursing and Health Care provides readers with an introductory overview of basic issues related to hospital, nursing and healthcare. Various facets of issues related to health care and nursing industry and services, the organizational structure and quality management aspects of modern day hospital, issues related to elderly people, health care matters of old age, global geriatric population, adult and pediatric care, nursing of small children, adolescent care, states of children health care services and role of hospitals, psychiatric nursing and mental health, role of counseling in treating psychiatric patients and their mental health care, treatment of patients involved in drug-abuse, recent information about de-addiction, analyzing and evaluating behavior archangels, importance of counseling and rehabilitation services, health administration, health care prices, health care provider, nursing informatics, nursing record and research, nursing standard and management services are covered in detail. A detailed bibliography has been provided along with list of related websites and links so as to make the publication more user friendly and research oriented. The book could prove itself to be an eye opener on the issues of health care services, old age, geriatric care, adult and pediatric care, psychiatric nursing and patient''s behavior and management services in hospitals has been given due consideration in this book. This book serves the purpose of an up-to-date reference book on the said subject.