Living a healthy life with chronic conditions : self-management skills for heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, depression, asthma, bronchitis, emphysema and other physical and mental health conditions / Kate Lorig, Diana Laurent, Virginia Gonzalez, David Sobel, Marian Minor, Maureen Gecht-Silver.
This book teaches reader how to become active self-managers through problem solving, goal setting, and action planning, while also presenting the basics of healthy eating, exercise, relaxation, communication, and emotional empowerment. Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions offers readers a unique and exciting opportunity - the chance to take control of their health and enjoy their lives to the fullest extent possible with chronic illness.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781945188312
- ISBN: 1945188316
- Physical Description: xi, 418 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition: Fifth edition.
- Publisher: Boulder, Colorado : Bull Publishing Company, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Self-management: what is it and how can you do it? -- Becoming an active self-manager -- Finding resources -- Understanding and managing common symptoms -- Understanding and managing common symptoms and emotions -- Using your mind to manage symptoms -- Being physically active -- Exercising to make life easier -- Freedom and safety -- Healthy eating -- Communicating with family, friends, and health care providers -- Enjoying sex and intimacy -- Managing your treatment decisions and medications -- Managing diabetes -- Working and living with chronic conditions -- Planning for the future: fears and reality |
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Subject: | Chronic diseases > Popular works. Medicine, Popular |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Hudson's Hope Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Hudson's Hope Public Library | ANF 616 LOR (Text) | BHH048369 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Kate Lorig, DrPH, RN, is Director and Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine's Patient Education Research Center. David Sobel, MD, is Director of Patient Education and Health Promotion, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region. Diana Laurent, MPH, is an Health Educator at the Stanford University School of Medicine's Patient Education Research Center. Marion Minor, PT, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri, Department of Physical Therapy. Virginia Gonzalez, MPH, is an Health Educator at the Stanford University School of Medicine's Patient Education Research Center. Maureen Gecht-Silver OTD, MPH, OTR/L is an assistant professor of clinical family medicine and occupational therapy at University of Illinois at Chicago.