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Case Manager's Desk Reference. - book review

AORN Journal, June, 2003 by Jim Morris

Frances Snowden, ed 2001, 520 pp $89 paperback

Coordinating patient care is an important component of health care. Patients today have complex coordination needs; consequently, patient care has become increasingly involved and time consuming. The editor of this book discusses every aspect of case management, from connecting with community resources to participating as a health care team member. From her perspective, case managers would benefit from increasing their knowledge about the function and roles of their challenging profession; therefore, the book focuses on continuing education.

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The editor uses the nursing process as the basis for this book. Like a good anthropologist, she understands a great deal about the concerns and ideas that drive case managers on a daily basis. Novice case managers can learn much from this reference.

The book continues where others usually end. Many areas that can help guide case managers are listed so managers easily can locate topics of interest. Whether one prefers case studies or information on management of specific conditions, this text provides everything needed.

This book provides a variety of information. It is a good introduction for a novice and an excellent resource for a seasoned case manager. It reads like a revised dissertation and probes the nature of case management and the ideological framework in which case management functions.

This book is available from Aspen Publishers, Inc, 200 Orchard Ridge Dr, Suite 200, Gaithersburg, MD 20878; http://www.aspenpublishers.com.

JIM MORRIS

RN, BSN

STAFF NURSE

HILLCREST HOSPITAL MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO

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Case Manager's Desk Reference. - book review

AORN Journal, June, 2003 by Jim Morris

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