Long-term conditions : challenges in health and social care

Introduction; Living with early dementia; Disability and illness : the perspective of people living with a long-term condition; Experiencing depression and diabetes; Experiencing and managing medically unexplained conditions : the case of chronic pelvic pain in women; Me and ME: therapeutic landscapes in an unfamiliar world; How to make health and social care research radical and really, really useful; Naught for your comfort: quality of primary care for people with long-term conditions; Diabetes and pregnancy: service-users' perspectives on services and on research; Coeliac disease: psychosocial factors in adults and children; Working with vulnerable people : experiences of disability; Delivering health and social care for people with long-term conditions : the policy context; International experience of integrating health and social care for people living with HIV; Worth a risk? Risk taking and people with long-term conditions; What about the carers?; Ethics and long-term conditions: a reflective approach

Long-Term Conditions explores the complex issues surrounding the experience of long-term illness and the enormous pressure this puts on individuals, their families and careers and on health and social care services. The perspectives of each of these groups are voiced within this book, with chapters written by people who use health and social care services, careers, policy-makers and practitioners.