TUBERCULOSIS
A foundation for nursing and health care practice
Robert J. Pratt, John M. Grange and Virginia G. Williams
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Hodder Arnold, 2005
352 pp
RRP £20, $US36.50.
ISBN: 0340645687
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The World Health Organization estimates that the number of new cases of tuberculosis will rise from 8 million in 1997 to 10.2 million in 2005. Frightening numbers, especially given the deadly synergy between tuberculosis and HIV infection.
This comprehensive new book covers all aspects of the disease. The introductory chapters cover epidemiology, microbiology, transmission and diagnosis. Next there are chapters on the clinical features of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. The last eight chapters describe in detail the treatment of tuberculosis, the importance of adherence to therapy, the individualized care of patients, nurse-led case management, and infection control. The approach to treatment is holistic and there is good discussion of symptom control and palliative care.
Anyone involved in treating tuberculosis will benefit from this book, whether they live in rich countries or poor. Nurses and other health care professionals in developing countries may need to adapt some of the recommendations to suit local needs and the availability of resources, but the principles are the same. This book contains an enormous amount of information but is well organized and the material clearly explained.
Roger Woodruff,
Director of Palliative Care, Austin Health, Melbourne , Australia
March 2005
Author Information
Robert J. Pratt is Professor of Nursing and Director of the Richard Wells Research Centre in the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences at Thames Valley University , London , UK .
John M. Grange is a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Infectious Diseases and International Health at the Royal Free and University College Medical School, Windeyer Institute for Medical Sciences, London , UK .
Virginia G. Williams is Head of the Nursing Division for the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (UNION), and Lecturer in the Public Health and Primary Care Unit at St. Bartholomew’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, City University , London , UK .
Table of contents:
Introduction
1. The story of an evolving pandemic
2. The bacterial cause of tuberculosis and related diseases
3. The respiratory system
4. The transmission of mycobacteria
5. Immunity and immunopathology in tuberculosis
6. Vaccination against tuberculosis
7. Diagnosis of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases
8. Pulmonary tuberculosis
9. Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis
10. Tuberculosis and the HIV/AIDS pandemic
11. Human disease due to the environmental mycobacteria
12. The treatment of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases
13. The Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis
14. Adherence to antituberculosis therapy
15. The stigma of tuberculosis
16. The contribution of nurses to tuberculosis control – a public health perspective
17. The individualized care of patients with tuberculosis
18. Nurse-led case management
19. The Tuberculosis Infection Control Plan – risk assessment
20. The Tuberculosis Infection Control Plan – risk management
Glossary
