books about: chronically

books about: chronically

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Chronically

Chronic Illness: Impact and Interventions (Jones and Bartlett Series in Nursing)

Jones & Bartlett Pub, 2005

An up-to-date, serious, and effective overview and study
Now in a thoroughly updated and expanded fifth edition, Chronic Illness: Impact And Interventions is a study text especially intended for upper level undergraduate and graduate students in nursing, social work, and rehabilitation, but the information it offers is ...

Strong at the Broken Places: Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope

Richard M. Cohen

Harper, 2008

Strong But Hopeful
I believe this book is a must read for everyone. It touches you, it pulls you, it makes you want to scream and yell, it breaks you apart and puts you back together...but most importantly, it makes you appreciate all that is good about your life. I have Crohns ...

Happiness in a Storm: Facing Illness and Embracing Life as a Healthy Survivor

Wendy Schlessel Harpham

W. W. Norton, 2006

Living with chronic health issues
Wendy Harpham's perspective is invaluable in learning to get the most out of life when living with chronic health problems. Her book has become a coffee table reference for me. A survivor of repeated recurrences of lymphoma, Wendy writes with strong conviction that ...

Just Fine: Unmasking Concealed Chronic Illness And Pain

Carol Sveilich

Avid Reader Press, 2004

"Just Fine": helps transform the emotional pain of concealed chronic conditions with wisdom, resources, and wit!
Like others have written, JUST FINE is a gift to all those impacted by chronic, invisible illnesses and pain. Chronic Fatigue (CFIDS) has been my challenge and teacher since my symptoms began more than 30 years ago. JUST FINE, written beautifully by a therapist ...

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible ...

Ross W. Greene

Harper Paperbacks, 2005

Great Book, Big Help!
I loved this book. I have to say I was skeptical at first, as I felt the author was talking down to the reader, however, I was being over sensitive. As the mother of an adhd child, often a person gets over sensitive to percieved criticism when none is really there. ...

You Don't Look Sick: Living Well With Invisible Chronic Illness

Joy H. Selak, Steven S. Overman

Informa HealthCare, 2005

Its a must read, especially for beginners
This book made my laugh, cry, feel like I was not alone.....I hope Joy writes another and soon......

Anxious to Please: 7 Revolutionary Practices for the Chronically Nice

James Rapson, Craig English

Sourcebooks, Inc., 2006

Anxious To Please Provides Valuable Insight
After reading Anxious to Please I had insight into some of my mother's behavior. My memories include her obsessive baking of desserts and giving them away to coworkers, neighbors, doctors, anyone she had contact with. She often couldn't pay her bills but always had ...

Chronically Happy: Joyful Living In Spite Of Chronic Illness

Lori Hartwell

Poetic Media Press, 2002

Sincere, practical advice, a motivational book
As a student working to finish a university degree while dealing with a chronic illness (indeterminate IBD with myalgia and fatigue) Ms Hartwell's experiences of living a successful and joy-filled life despite her illness has been an inspiration and source of hope for ...

Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability

Donna R. Falvo

Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2008

how do you rate a class text?
this is required reading for a class that I am taking. Since it is required - the text could be considered perfect - without it I would be unable to complete the class. Other than that, the book is well organized, thorough, and dense with information. A good text.

Peace in the Storm: Meditations on Chronic Pain and Illness

Maureen Pratt

Galilee Trade, 2005

Spiritually Uplifting
I am a 27-year-old woman with Lupus, Fibromyalgia, and Osteoarthritis in both knees and in my spine. It is a gross understatement to say that it's a hard thing to deal with. This book has helped me to see my health problems in a different way. Instead of seeing them as ...

Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties

Laurie Edwards

Walker & Company, 2008

A wonderful book for people with chronic illness of ANY age
I've been reading author Laurie Edwards' blog, A Chronic Dose, for quite awhile, so I knew that I'd enjoy her writing style. But with the title suggesting it's for people in their 20s and 30s, I wondered if at 41 I'd find much to identify with. No question -- I did. ...

Beyond Chaos: One Man's Journey Alongside His Chronically Ill Wife

Gregg Piburn

Arthritis Foundation, 1999

Honestly written!
This is one of the best books on how people cope with Fibro that I have read. This man is honest about how he feels and how he struggles in his role as caretaker of an ill spouse. It helped give me insight into what my husband must go through in helping to keep me sane ...

Recovery Yoga: A Practical Guide for Chronically Ill, Injured, and Post-Operative People

Sam Dworkis

Three Rivers Press, 1997

GREAT BOOK for everyone, a must read for chronically ill.
Sam Dwokis writes a personal and educational approach tomanaging and possibly even eliminating chronic physical problemsthrough the study and application of yoga techniques. It is simply and beautifully written. If you are looking to increase your sensitiviy, ...

Parenting Children With Health Issues: Essential Tools, Tips, and Tactics for Raising Kids With Chronic ...

Foster W. Cline, Lisa Greene

Love & Logic Press, 2007

Essential Addition to Your Parenting Library--tender, brilliant writing
Authors Cline and Green offer a truthful testimony to the question "How would you spend your precious moments with your child with health problems?" They present a systematic approach, Love & Logic, to positive parenting, the goal of which is to enable a child to ...

Wellness Piece by Piece: How a Successful Entrepreneur Discovered the Pieces to His Chronic Health Puzzle

Pat Sullivan

Health Press (NM), 2005

Illness: One cause, one Solution - Exposing the Truth
As a fellow chronic sufferer, with much the same story of undiagnoses by the medical establishment and ineffective treatments or incomplete results by the alternative field, this book reveals the Truth that heavy metals and/or negative organisms are behind every ...