Multiple Sclerosis

• Background


• 1: The history of Multiple Sclerosis


• 2: Multiple Sclerosis pathology


• 3: Immunology of Multiple Sclerosis


• 4: Multiple Sclerosis definitions and disease classification


• 5: Epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis


• 6: Genetics of Multiple Sclerosis


• 7: Measuring Multiple Sclerosis


• 8: Frequently used assessment scales


• 9: How to measure treatment effectiveness


• 10: How to determine whether treatments are effective


• The diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis


• 11: General points on making a diagnosis


• 12: Sites of Multiple Sclerosis attack and clinically isolated syndromes


• 13: Investigation for possible Multiple Sclerosis


• 14: Conveying the diagnosis


• Treatment Options


• 15: Treatments that may affect the underlying cause of Multiple Sclerosis


• 16: Treatment of relapses


• 17: Other treatments


• Ongoing Management


• 18: Principles of ongoing management


• 19: The role of the MS nurse


• 20: Guided self management


• 21: Comprehensive assessment of needs


• 22: A multidisciplinary team approach to management


• 23: Providing ongoing support


• 24: Rehabilitation concepts and principles


• 25: Approaches to rehabilitation


• 26: Models of care and organisation of delivery


• 27: Specialist regional services


• 28: Local services


• 29: Long-term support


• 30: Symptomatic management


• 31: Psychosocial issues


• 32: Complementary and alternative therapies


• 33: Mobility issues


• 34: Assistive aids and equipment, adaptations and personal support


• 35: Evaluation of services


• 36: Integrated care pathways


• 37: Core competencies of staff


• 38: Other useful resources

Professor John Zajicek trained in Cambridge and London and has spent more than 20 years researching MS and looking after people who have it. He is currently working in the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth, and leads a large research team that conducts research into clinical trials for people with MS, with a particular focus on the uses of cannabis derived medicines, and research into the mechanisms of MS.
Professor Zajicek is on the MS Guidelines Committee of the Association of British Neurologists, and has advised NICE on aspects of MS.

Mrs. Bernadette Porter has been trained at South Bank University, Tor and South West College, and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, and is a registered nurse in Ireland. Mrs. Porter has been a lecturer at many colleges on the subject of Multiple Sclerosis, and has been published numerous times on the subject.She is Inaugral Chair of the UK MS Specialist Nurse Association, and nurse advisor to multiple institutes, including The Royal College of Nursing. Mrs. Porter is also the Key Note address to a select committee at the Hoses of Parliament. Mrs Porter has been awarded many accolades throughout her career, including The UK MS Scoiety Measuring Success Award: Team award for diagnostic services, 1st prize in 2000.

Dr. Jenny Freeman trained in Physiotherapy at Curtin University in Western Australia in 1983. She specialised in adult neurology, working at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London from 1988 - 1998. She completed her PhD evaluating the effectiveness of rehabilitation in people with Multiple Sclerosis and the evaluation of outcome measurement instruments. She now works at the Faculty of Health and Social Work in Plymouth University. Dr. Freeman is also an Honorary Lecturer at the Institute of Neurology and is the Physiotherapy Advisor to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

If you are looking for a single compact volume on MS care, this book would be a good choice, and it can be read as a refresher, or used as a reference guide. Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation