Medicine & Health Sciences

Allied Healthcare in Practice
An Introduction to Integrated Patient Care

Editors: Sally Lukose, PhD
Karuna Singh, PhD

Allied Healthcare in Practice

In Production
Pub Date: Forthcoming August 2025
Hardback Price: $240 US | £180 UK
Hard ISBN: 9781998511020
Pages: Est. 426pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback / ebook
Notes: 16 color and 69 b/w illustrations

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 patent 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.

CONTENTS:
Preface

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
1. Overview of Allied Health Sciences: Role, Scope, and Challenges

Sally Lukose and Karuna Singh

2. Importance and Relevance of Allied Health Sciences in Healthcare
Karuna Singh, Sally Lukose, and Gaurav Singh

3. Allied Health Sciences: Navigating Careers in Patient-Centric Professions
Meenakshi Verma, Ritika Indoria, and Sumedha Rabra

4. Educational Requirements and Career Advancements in Allied Health Professions
Meenakshi Verma, Ritika Indoria, and Sumedha Rabra

PART II: BASICS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL FOR ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
5. Overview of Human Anatomy and Physiology

Hiba, Rajesh Yadav, and Rahamatun Nisha

6. Interrelationship Between Physiological Systems and Organs
Rajesh Yadav

7. Principles of Health Assessment and Diagnosis
Rahul Saxena, Suyash Saxena, and Ajit Pal Singh

8. Physical Examination Techniques
Suyash Saxena, Rahul Saxena, and Ajit Pal Singh

9. Diagnostic Tools and Techniques in Cardiovascular Technology
Najmus Saquib

10. Overview of Pharmacology
Hamid Raza Moqaddasi

11. Overview of Infection, Prevention, and Control
Sumedha Rabra, Meenakshi Verma, Ritika Indoria, and Sumeet Bharti

12. Strategies for Prevention and Control of Infection for Health and Well-Being
Vandana Singh, Vaishali Kumar, Harsh Sable, Ankush Verma, and Amit Pratap Singh Chouhan

PART III: ALLIED HEALTH PROGRAMS: KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIOLOGY
13. Principles of Medical Imaging and Radiology

Amit Pratap Singh Chouhan, Ankush Verma, and Vandana Singh

14. Types of Imaging and Radiology Procedures
Sana Kanwal

15. Interpretation of Imaging and Radiology Results
Ankush Verma, Amit Pratap Singh Chouhan, and Vandana Singh

16. Rehabilitation and Therapy: An Overview
Meenakshi Verma, Pragya Dutt and Rachna

17. Physical Therapy Techniques and Interventions
Archana Khanna

18. Occupational Therapy Techniques and Interventions
Meenakshi Verma

19. Speech Therapy Techniques and Interventions
Meenakshi Verma

20. Principles of Nutrition and Dietetics
Bushra Shaida, Zoobiya Islam, Muskan Chadha, and Shasta Arzoo

21. Food and Nutrition Requirements
Aditi Rikhari, Shalvika Tripathi, Pratishtha Kesarwani, and Akansha

22. Nourishing Wellness: Managing Diseases Through Strategic Nutrition
Mayuri Rastogi, Tannu Rana, Sayeed Akhtar, and Aditi Rikhari

23. Sight Sustenance: The Role of Nutrition in Eye Wellness
Manish Kumar Sah and Ruchika Sah

24. Detection and Management of Eye Disease
Komal Sharma

25. Visual Rehabilitation
Anjali Rawat

26. Public Health and Optometrist
Manish Kumar Sah and Ruchika Sah

PART IV: SAFETY, QUALITY, AND PATIENT CARE
27. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Radiology

Bushra Khan

28. An Overview of Adverse Events During Clinical Trials
Muskan Chadha, Anisha Adya, Harshitha Verma, Jane Ogochukwu Ezeagagwo, Wesleyan Wende, and Rohit Kumar Tiwari

29. Inter-Professional Collaboration in Patient Care
Mayank Shukla

30. Role of Forensic Science in Healthcare
Vandana Prasad, Prashant Agrawal, Lalit Chandravanshi, and Das Anamika

31. Forensic Analysis of Medical Records
Ishika Bhardwaj, Sally Lukose, and Anjali Malik

32. Legal Issues and Ethical Considerations in Forensic Science and Patient Care
Anjali Malik, Sally Lukose, Ishika Bhardwaj, and Krishna Prasad Acharaya

33. Overview of Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare
Amit Pratap Singh Chouhan, Ankush Verma, Vandana Singh, Kriti Sachan, and Preeti Pal

34. Patient Rights and Responsibilities
Ankush Verma, Amit Pratap Singh Chouhan, and Vandana Singh

35. Confidentiality and Informed Consent
Sana Kanwal

36. Ethics in Laboratory Diagnostics: Perspectives and Challenges
Gaurav Kaushik, Richa Vashishtha, and Chaitenya Verma

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Sally Lukose, PhD
Professor (Forensic Science) and Dean, School of Allied Health Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India

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
Professor (Nutrition and Dietetics) and Dean, School of Allied Health Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India

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.




Follow us for the latest from Apple Academic Press:
Copyright © 2024 Apple Academic Press Inc. All Rights Reserved.