Review quote "An excellent handbook which covers all aspects of coronary heart disease and will serve as a very useful reference for nurses working in primary and secondary health prevention".<br><br><ul><li>evidence-based content ensures a firm scientific basis for practice</li><li>the practical nature of the content can be immediately applied in the working environment e.g. smoking cessation strategies, dietary counseling and risk assessment</li><li>the multidisciplinary group of contributors ensures that the content reflects the multidisciplinary nature of CHD prevention work</li><li>case studies and practice exercises enable the application of theory to practice</li><li>summaries of key points facilitate understanding and retention</li></ul><br><br><ul><li>the implications from clinical governance legislation, the National Service Frameworks and Joint British Recommendations on prevention of CHD in clinical practice</li><li>recent research outcomes e.g. the HOT trial</li><li>diabetes and its links with CHD</li><li>material relating to ethnic minorities</li><li>more 'global' statistics where possible to make the text more appealing to international markets</li><li>the inequalities arising from socio-economic exclusion</li></ul>