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Heart failure occurs in almost epidemic proportions, placing a huge
burden on both the healthcare system, and sufferers and their
families. This can only rise over coming years as the ageing
population, particularly in industrialized countries, increasingly
suffers from heart failure and its related comorbidities. The care
of this group of patients has evolved significantly over recent
years as our knowledge and understanding of the pathophysiology of
heart failure has developed. It has become evident that supportive
care is integral to comprehensive heart failure care, and this book
provides an evidence-based overview of heart failure aetiology, its
management, and the supportive care required by patients throughout
the course of their disease. Supportive Care in Heart Failure
integrates the complexities of heart failure care, bridging
knowledge bases from cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, general
medicine and palliative care. The book reviews essential
information about epidemiology and pathophysiology of heart
failure, and evidence-based medical, device, surgical and
interdisciplinary management. It addresses the evaluation and
management of quality of life, common symptoms and problems
associated with heart failure, and the holistic approach to
supportive care throughout the course of the illness through the
end of life. Prognostication, communication, and ethical decision
making are reviewed in detail. Heart failure has traditionally
presented a challenge to physicians, as a generally progressive
condition with significant symptoms, a poor quality of life, and
high mortality. But by applying the principles of palliative
medicine, it is possible to offer a supportive care approach that
synthesizes the experience of both the heart failure specialist and
the palliative care physician, and offers the best possible quality
of care to this group of patients.
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imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
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19th-century British imperial expansion dramatically shaped today's
globalised world. Imperialism encouraged mass migrations of people,
shifting flora, fauna, and commodities around the world and led to
a series of radical environmental changes never before experienced
in history. "Eco-Cultural Networks in the British Empire" explores
how these networks shaped ecosystems, cultures and societies
throughout the British Empire, and how they were themselves
transformed by local and regional conditions.This multi-authored
volume begins with a rigorous theoretical analysis of the
categories of 'empire' and 'imperialism'. Its chapters, written by
leading scholars in the field, draw methodologically from recent
studies in environmental history, post-colonial theory, and the
history of science. Together, these perspectives provide a
comprehensive historical understanding of how the British Empire
reshaped the globe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
This book will be an important addition to the literature on
British imperialism and global ecological change.
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