ISBN: 0-9768526-0-8

Written by Susan Gallagher, RN, MSN, MA, CWOCN, PhD

Softbound, 166 pages. Continuing education nursing credits available for this book. Regardless of the etiologies of a patient's obesity, healthcare providers best serve the larger, heavier patient when they understand the patient's complex clinical needs. The Challenges of Caring for the Obese Patient is a case study-based text book that teaches multidisciplinary clinicians a humanistic approach to treating obese patients through education on relevant topics, including the following:
- fitness
- critical care
- sensitivity
- weight loss surgery
- childhood obesity
- change theory
- outcomes
- skin injury
- ethics
- pain management.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Dr. Susan Gallagher is an international lecturer, has authored over 75 articles published in peer-reviewed journals, and has authored several book chapters. She resides in Houston, Texas.

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