Bowel Continence Nursing
Patients with a bowel disorder frequently report difficulty in expressing their symptoms, and as a result can feel that they are not being fully understood by the professionals who are responsible for their treatment. This book has been written for nurses and other health care professionals who encounter patients with faecal incontinence.
It provides the basis for a detailed understanding of normal as well as disordered bowel function, and the causes of faecal incontinence and constipation. The authors have adopted a deliberately practical style so that the book can be used on a daily basis in clinical practice - in almost every health care setting there will be patients who can benefit from the care described.
Editors: Christine Norton PhD, MA, RN and Sonya Chelvanayagam MSc, RN, RMN xii + 289 pages, colour illustrated, 246 x 184mm, threadsewn limp binding, ISBN 0-906584-52-3, 2004