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

Selak, Joy H.; Overman, Steven S. MD

 
9781936303427: You Don't Look Sick!: Living Well With Chronic Invisible Illness
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1936303426 ISBN 13: 9781936303427
Verlag: Demos Health, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

You Don't Look Sick chronicles one person's true-life story of illness and her physicians compassionate commentary as they journey through the four stages of chronic illness: Getting Sick, Being Sick, Grief and Acceptance and Living Well. The authors address such practical aspects as hiring a doctor, managing chronic pain, coping with grief and loss of function, winning battles with health and disability insurers, countering the social bias against the chronically ill, and recognizing the limitations of chronic illness care and charting a path for change and more. This warmhearted resource helps you focus on building a meaningful life as opposed to a life of frustration and fear. This book is thoroughly revised and updated based upon feedback from readers of the first edition. The authors have added a new section on Grief and Acceptance, address the passage of the Affordable Health Care Act and Dr. Overman has added practical travel tips that bring organization and focus to each phase of the journey. Designed for people at all stages of the chronic illness journey, this book is also illuminating for caregivers and loved ones. "

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Joy H. Selak has lived with chronic autoimmune, musculoskeletal, and neurological conditions since the late 1980s.

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Verlag
Demos Health
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1936303426
ISBN 13 
9781936303427
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
202
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