About the Book
This new book, Allied Healthcare in Practice: An Introduction to Integrated Patient Care, explores the evolving landscape of the healthcare industry, bringing together an array of experiences from experts across diverse allied health fields and underlying the importance of a collaborative approach between professionals from different specializations, all working toward a common goal i.e., the well-being of humanity.
This book is a comprehensive exploration of the dynamic and evolving landscape of allied healthcare, providing readers with a foundational understanding of the principles, practices, and challenges associated with integrated patient care. Through a multidisciplinary approach, it addresses the interplay of various allied health disciplines and communication and ethical and legal considerations followed in achieving optimal patient outcomes.
The volume begins with an introduction to allied health sciences and career opportunities and proceeds to discuss the basic knowledge and skills needed for allied health professionals, such as knowledge of anatomy and physiology and the interrelationship between systems and organs in the body, health assessment, diagnosis, pharmacology, infection and its prevention. All these are basic requirements for an allied health professional. The volume covers the skills required for specialized areas, including medical imaging and radiology, rehabilitation and physical and occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutrition and dietetics, medical imaging and radiology, community ophthalmology, etc.
Also addressed are the safety quality and patient care aspects of allied healthcare, discussing patient safety and quality parameters required while handling a patient, forensic aspects in patient care, inter-collaborations in patient care and ethical and legal issues in patient care.
This volume will be valuable for faculty and students in allied health sciences programs and well as healthcare professionals and many others.
Table of Contents:
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES 1. Overview of Allied Health Sciences: Role, Scope, and Challenges 2. Importance and Relevance of Allied Health Sciences in Healthcare 3. Allied Health Sciences: Navigating Careers in Patient-Centric Professions 4. Educational Requirements and Career Advancements in Allied Health Professions PART II: BASICS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL FOR ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 5. Overview of Human Anatomy and Physiology 6. Interrelationship Between Physiological Systems and Organs 7. Principles of Health Assessment and Diagnosis 11. Overview of Infection, Prevention, and Control 12. Strategies for Prevention and Control of Infection for Health and Well-Being PART III: ALLIED HEALTH PROGRAMS: KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIOLOGY 13. Principles of Medical Imaging and Radiology 14. Types of Imaging and Radiology Procedures 15. Interpretation of Imaging and Radiology Results 16. Rehabilitation and Therapy: An Overview 17. Physical Therapy Techniques and Interventions 18. Occupational Therapy Techniques and Interventions 19. Speech Therapy Techniques and Interventions 20. Principles of Nutrition and Dietetics 21. Food and Nutrition Requirements 22. Nourishing Wellness: Managing Diseases Through Strategic Nutrition 23. Sight Sustenance: The Role of Nutrition in Eye Wellness 24. Detection and Management of Eye Disease 25. Visual Rehabilitation 26. Public Health and Optometrist PART IV: SAFETY, QUALITY, AND PATIENT CARE 27. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Radiology 28. An Overview of Adverse Events During Clinical Trials 29. Inter-Professional Collaboration in Patient Care 30. Role of Forensic Science in Healthcare 31. Forensic Analysis of Medical Records 32. Legal Issues and Ethical Considerations in Forensic Science and Patient Care 33. Overview of Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare 34. Patient Rights and Responsibilities 35. Confidentiality and Informed Consent 36. Ethics in Laboratory Diagnostics: Perspectives and Challenges
About the Author :
Sally Lukose, PhD, is a Professor (Forensic Science) and Dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. She has more than 19 years of research and teaching experience in the area of forensic science. She is credited with the initiation of undergraduate and postgraduate forensic science programs at Amity University (Noida & Dubai Campus), Galgotias University, College of Traffic Management-IRTE, Faridabad (affiliated to Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak), and Sharda University. She has more than 45 research publications in national and international journals and three books and seven patents published to her credit. Her research publications have been recognized as one of the most read and top downloaded papers by Wiley in 2018–19 and in 2019–20. She has supervised several master and PhD projects. She has been associated with projects of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), Delhi, and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, USA. She has also served as Course Director (Forensic Science) for e-PG Pathshala, a project under National Law University, Delhi. She has imparted training to police officers in more than 15 states road accident investigation including in the North Eastern Police Academy, India. She has also served as a member of the UGC Committee for UGC-NET Examinations. Her research work was duly recognized and awarded by the Forensic Science Forum of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) in 2001. She has received many other awards as well.
Karuna Singh, PhD, is an alumna of Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, India, and has a teaching experience of 20 years. At present, she is a Professor (Nutrition and Dietetics) and Dean in the School of Allied Health Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. She is working in the field of functional and therapeutics and maternal and pediatric nutrients. She has supervised five PhD scholars, and six PhD scholars are working on different topics related to health and nutrition under her supervision. She has guided one MPhil and more than 40 MSc (FN), MTech (Food Tech ) and BTech (Food Tech) theses. She has authored more than 50 research papers in reputed national and international journals and has authored 12 book chapters and two books. Apart from her teaching assignments, she has been involved in various extension activities. She holds several patents and copyrights. She is in and editorial board member of various journals and has also handled projects awarded by government agencies such as Department of Science and Technology (India) and Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC). She also worked on various industrial consultancies. She has a vast experience in organizing faculty development programs, conferences, workshops, and seminars. She is a life member of various reputed professional bodies such as the National Institute of Nutrition, Mushroom Society of India, Indian Science Congress Association, etc. She is a gold medalist (MSc) and has received many awards.
