Susan Oliver OBE is nurse consultant who ran her own clinics based in the community and in private practice since 2003. In recent years, she was Chair of EULAR Health Professionals Standing Committee but became past chair in 2015 and retired from clinical practice in June, 2016. In the last few years she has been committed to supporting rheumatology nursing developments in Asia. Susan remains active in nursing and remains registered on the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register.

• Musculoskeletal conditions and their management 1: Susan Oliver: Introduction 2: Nicola Walsh and Alice Berry: Osteoarthritis 3: Donna Rowe: Osteoporosis 4: Polly Livermore, Liz Smith, Patricia Cornell, Danniel Murphy, and Susan Oliver: Inflammatory joint diseases 5: Janice Mooney, Richard Watts, and Louise Parker: Connective tissue diseases 6: Sarah Ryan, Daniel Murphy, and Julian Barratt: Chronic non-inflammatory pain 7: Maureen Cox: Orthopaedic surgery Clinical issues 8: Susan Oliver: Assessing the patient - clinical examination and history taking 9: Sarah Ryan: Symptom control - using pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods 10: Sarah Ryan: Holistic and patient-centred care 11: Dawn Homer, Yeliz Prior, Nicola Walsh, and Alice Berry: Care in the community 12: Dawn Homer, Yeliz Prior, and Susan Oliver: Ward-based care and referral to the multidisciplinary team (MDT) 13: Susan Oliver and Michael Oliver: Rapid access and emergency issues 14: Ian Giles: Fertility, pregnancy, and relationships Nursing care issues - treatment, nursing management, and tools 15: Sarah Ryan: Pharmacological management - pain relief 16: Patricia Cornell and Diane Home: Pharmacological management - disease modifying drugs 17: Cath Thwaites, Janice Mooney, Richard Watts, Michael Oliver, and Susan Oliver: Blood tests and investigations 18: Susan Oliver and Diane Home: Intra-articular, subcutaneous and intravenous therapies 19: Yeliz Prior, Nicola Walsh, and Alice Berry: Non-pharmacological therapies 20: Mwidimi Ndosi: Assessment tools 21: Dawn Homer: Specialist nursing support - the role and nurse prescribing 22: Ailsa Bosworth: Patient's perspective 23: Alison Leary and Mwidimi Ndosi: Nurse-led clinics 24: Susan Oliver: Public health awareness

This remarkable volume provides necessary background matched with pragmatic guidance that will support the delivery of such outstanding nursing care...