Living with a Long-term Illness: The Facts
Series: The Facts;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 26 January 2006
- ISBN 9780198528821
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages218 pages
- Size 197x128x12 mm
- Weight 242 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book looks at the practical, emotional, and social problems shared by most people who suffer from a long-term illness, and suggests a variety of ways in which they can do something for themselves to improve the situation. It could also be very useful to family and friends, as well as for health professionals.
MoreLong description:
All long-term illnesses, whatever their diagnosis, have much in common. The difficulties and challenges that come with illness, and the strategies to overcome them, are shared by most patients. Managing an illness effectively and tackling the difficulties it causes can greatly improve how you feel and your quality of life.
This book identifies the challenges posed by illness and suggests a wide variety of ways in which you might meet them. Key to this is the idea of becoming expert in managing your own illness and learning how best to deal with it. The authors accept that you know more than them about how you experience it, so that rather than telling you what to do, they offer a tool box from which you may pick the strategies that best suit you.
The two authors, one a person with a long-term illness and one a doctor, combine their expertise and experience to offer a practical and comprehensive guide along your own unique journey.
If you have a long-term illness, or if you care for someone who does, then this is a book for you.
A fine book recommended read for people with long-term illness and their carers. This is an easy-to-read book. I will be recommending it to others and adding to the "really useful book" list I keep for patients in my general practice.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Section I - Long-term Illness and You
What is long-term (chronic) illness?
Long-term illness as a journey
Gathering information and becoming an expert patient
Managing disease
Managing illness
Keeping going with a self-help programme
Using complementary/alternative medicine
Section II - Managing Physical/Biological Problems
Managing fatigue
Managing pain
Using activity and exercise
Improving your sleep
Managing bladder and bowel problems
Looking after your general health
Eating wisely and well
Section III - Managing Emotional and Psychological Problems
Setting goals for yourself
Dealing with problems
Building pleasure into your life
Living with uncertainty
Managing your thinking
Managing your self-esteem
Managing your emotions
Managing severe anxiety, panic or depression
Getting psychological help
Section IV - Managing Interpersonal Problems
Relationships and communication
Caring and being cared for
Improving your personal relationships
Your relationship with your doctors
Section V - Managing Practical Problems
Improving your quality of life
Getting practical and financial assistance
Thinking about the future
Summary
Appendices
The DISCERN instrument
Further information
Papers from medical journals
