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Book Synopsis This book proposes a critique of mainstream ethics in dementia care. It provides a new way of understanding dementia by viewing it, not solely through a medical lens, but also as a social experience. The book provides an immersive, person-focused exploration of the disease through interviews and observational excerpts. Trade ReviewForgetting Items is in the upper echelons of social dementia research and deserves substantial positive attention for an entertaining and revelatory contribution to the field. * Symbolic Interaction *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: The Organization of Repairing ExchangesChapter Two: Losing CredibilityChapter Three: The Deference IndustryChapter Four: Reconstituting PeopleConclusionNotes

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Book SynopsisPeople with severe sleep apnea may struggle for breath all through the night, not breathing for as long as 90 seconds at a time during their sleep. Peretz Lavie, an expert in sleep research, here provides an accessible discussion of the history, physiology, and risk factors of sleep apnea.Trade Review"In this engaging and historically rich book, we discover the prevalence of sleep apnea, its ability to disrupt our everday lives, and its key role as a major risk factor for hypertension, heart disease, and other degenerative conditions. The book also provides a comprehensive road map to overcoming this pervasive problem." Ray Kurzweil, author of The Age of Spiritual Machines and recipient of the National Medal of Technology

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Book SynopsisGluten-Free recipes which maximise flavour, texture and taste.

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Book SynopsisBest-selling author Pia de Jong’s vivid memoir about her daughter’s battle with leukaemia and the startling decision that led to her recovery.Trade Review"... her prose is vibrant and precise..." -- Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisExercises and strategies for long-term emotional well-being in the face of physical difficulties.

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Book SynopsisEasy-to-understand science-based strategies to maximise your brain’s potential.

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Book SynopsisIncludes a wide range of pain-alleviating exercises to practise at home Covers every aspect of back and neck pain Relieve pain now and avoid problems in the future with this comprehensive guide covering everything you need to know to treat your back and neck pain. Packed with expert advice on the common causes of pain and the various treatment options available - from conventional medicine to popular alternative methods - this patient-friendly guide helps you to decide what suits your situation best and safely alleviate pain yourself. Discover how to * Understand and manage the causes of back and neck pain * Choose a treatment plan that suits you * Prevent pain in the future * Be aware of your legal rights and benefits as a back and neck pain suffererTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 What You’re Not to Read 2 How This Book Is Organised 3 Part I: Getting Back to Back and Neck Basics 3 Part II: Conventional Treatment Options 3 Part III: Complementary Approaches: Are They for You? 4 Part IV: Rehabilitation 4 Part V: Resuming Normal Activity and Preventing Future Injury 4 Part VI: The Part of Tens 5 Part VII: Appendixes 5 Icons Used in This Book 5 Where to Go from Here 6 Part I: Getting Back to Back and Neck Basics 7 Chapter 1: Ouch! The Problem of Back and Neck Pain 9 Defining Back and Neck Pain 10 Who experiences back and neck pain? 11 What causes back and neck pain? 11 Treating Back and Neck Pain 12 My back or neck pain can get better, can’t it? 13 Who can treat my back or neck pain? 14 How is my back or neck pain treated? 16 How do I choose a multidisciplinary approach? 18 Chapter 2: Introducing the Parts of Your Spine 21 Feeling Fine with Help from Your Spine 22 Touring Your Splendid Spine 23 The spinal column 24 The vertebrae: the bones of your back 24 The discs 25 The facet joints 26 The ligaments 28 The spinal canal 29 The sacrum and the coccyx 29 The sacroiliac joints 30 The spinal nerves 30 The muscles 30 The vertebral arteries 33 Chapter 3: Examining the Nature and Causes of Back and Neck Pain 35 Discovering the Gate Control Theory of Pain 36 Understanding Categories of Pain 38 Debating the Need to Diagnose: Helpful or Harmful? 39 Diagnosing based on an imaging scan 40 Recognising the role of psychological and emotional factors 40 Understanding the Deconditioning Syndrome 41 Considering Conditions That Cause Spinal Pain 41 Herniated disc/arm pain/sciatica 42 The sprain–strain diagnosis 46 Cervical migraine and headaches 48 The whiplash neck 48 Bizarre (ear, nose, and throat) neck symptoms 48 Neck, shoulder, and arm pain 48 Stress-related back and neck pain 49 Arthritis of the spine 49 Degenerative disc disease 50 Facet syndrome 50 Arachnoiditis 52 Spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis 53 Coccydynia 54 Spinal fractures 55 Lumbar spinal stenosis 56 Chronic back and neck pain syndrome 57 Exploring Other Conditions That Cause Back and Neck Pain 58 Discitis 59 Fibromyalgia 59 Osteomyelitis 60 Scoliosis 60 Transitional vertebrae 61 Osteoporosis 61 Chapter 4: Finding Someone to Help with Back and Neck Pain 63 Who Treats Back and Neck Pain? 63 Primary care doctors 64 Specialists 64 Pain clinic consultants 65 Physiotherapists 65 How Well Qualified Is Your Specialist? 65 Dealing with Osteopaths, Chiropractors, and Other Complementary Practitioners 66 Building a Positive Relationship with Your Health Care Provider 68 Chapter 5: Knowing Your Rights and Benefits 69 Being Aware of Your Rights 69 Seeking a second opinion 70 Your right to hospital treatment 70 Leaving hospital after treatment 71 Checking Out the Alternatives 71 Accessing Medical Reports and Health Records 72 Getting Around the Benefits Jungle 72 Taking time off work: Short-term absence and benefits 73 Looking at long-term absence and benefits 73 Dealing with disability: The personal capability assessment 73 Getting a helping hand 74 Getting Personal Advice 75 Part II: Conventional Treatment Options 77 Chapter 6: Home Remedies: First Aid for Your Back or Neck 79 Heading to Your GP 79 Using Home Remedies 81 Climb into bed – but not for too long! 81 Cool down and heat up 85 Try anti-inflammatory drugs 86 Starting to Move and Returning to Normal Activity 87 Chapter 7: Back and Neck Pain under the Microscope: Common Medical Tests 89 Appreciating the Importance of Your Medical History and Physical Examination 90 Getting personal 90 Getting physical 91 Examining Your Doctor 92 Exploring Your Diagnostic Testing Options 93 Plain X-Rays 94 MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) 95 CT (computerised tomography) scanning 96 Myelography 96 Bone scanning 97 Discography 98 Electrodiagnostic studies 98 Moving from Body to Mind 99 Chapter 8: Going the Conservative Treatment Route 101 Analysing Active Therapies 102 Exercising healthily 102 Understanding pain and functional restoration programmes 107 Perusing Passive Therapies 108 Hot and cold packs 108 Ultrasound 109 Massage 109 Bed rest 110 Water therapy 110 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) 110 Traction 111 Corsets, braces, and collars 111 Mulling Over Medications 112 Analgesics 113 Anti-inflammatory medications 114 Muscle relaxants 115 Sedatives 116 Anti-anxiety agents 117 Antidepressants 117 Investigating Invasive Conservative Treatments 119 Trigger point injections 119 Facet joint injections 119 Spinal epidural steroid injections 120 Selective nerve root blocks 120 Implantable pain therapies 121 Chapter 9: Choosing to Have Surgery 125 Choosing to Have Surgery 126 Determining When Surgery Is Necessary 126 Medically necessary spinal surgery 126 Elective spinal surgery 127 Addressing Psychological Issues and Surgery 129 Getting a Consultation with a Spinal Surgeon 131 Understanding the Different Types of Spinal Surgery 132 Chymopapain injection or chemonucleosis 132 Percutaneous discectomy 133 Microsurgical discectomy 133 Laminectomy 134 Spinal fusion 135 Preparing for Surgery 136 Looking at the Future of Spinal Surgery 137 Part III: Complementary Approaches: Are They for You? 139 Chapter 10: Ancient Eastern Wisdom and Contemporary Ideas 141 Selecting a Complementary Medicine Practitioner 142 Choosing the Best Complementary Medicine Approach for You 143 Asking the right questions 143 Avoiding quackery 143 Considering Specific Complementary Treatment Methods 144 Acupuncture: Needling your way to a better back and neck 144 Appreciating aromatherapy 148 Taking up t’ai chi 149 Rebalancing with reflexology 149 Bodywork 150 Chapter 11: Chiropractic and Osteopathic Solutions for Your Back and Neck Pain 155 Understanding the Chiropractic and Osteopathic Ways of Thinking 156 Choosing Chiropractic or Osteopathy 156 Knowing What to Expect 158 Making a diagnosis 158 Starting treatment 159 Looking at the Side Effects of Manipulation 160 Stopping Manipulative Treatment 161 Chapter 12: All in Knots: Trying Yoga 163 Beginning Hatha Yoga 163 Practising yoga postures 164 Controlling your breath 164 Meditating towards samadhi 166 Using Yoga to Treat Back and Neck Pain 166 Using yoga exercises for your back and neck pain 167 Keeping a daily journal 168 Resting and Relaxing 169 Chapter 13: Using the Power of the Mind–Body Connection 171 Taking Control of Your Thoughts and Emotions 172 Recognising automatic thoughts 172 Using automatic thoughts to your advantage 173 Changing your thoughts 174 Using the three- and five-column techniques 175 Recognising the Relaxation Response: More than Just Relaxing 178 Trying Different Types of Breathing 180 Breathing awareness 180 Diaphragmatic or abdominal breathing 181 Relaxed breathing 182 Considering Cue-controlled Relaxation 183 Using Imagery Techniques 185 Practising imagery 186 Trying some standard imagery exercises 188 Beginning Biofeedback Training 190 Homing In on Hypnosis 191 Part IV: Rehabilitation 195 Chapter 14: The Importance of Posture 197 Sizing Up Static Postures 197 Standing up for yourself 198 Sitting casually 202 Lying down on the job – and anywhere else 205 Dealing with Dynamic Postures 207 Walking tall 208 Looking at lifting and bending 210 Chapter 15: Exercising Your Way to a Healthy Back and Neck 217 Exercise Tips 218 Exercise Warnings 219 Your Exercise Programme 219 Exercise 1: Pelvic tilt 220 Exercise 2: Single leg pull 221 Exercise 3: Double knee to chest 221 Exercise 4: Pelvic lift 222 Exercise 5: Partial sit-up 223 Exercise 6: Oblique sit-up 224 Exercise 7: Hamstring stretch 225 Exercise 8: Gentle press-up 226 Exercise 9: Cat and camel 226 Exercise 10: Arm reach 227 Exercise 11: Leg reach 229 Exercise 12: Alternate arm and leg reach 230 Exercise 13: Wall slide 231 Exercise 14: Side stretch 231 Exercise 15: Back arch 232 Exercise 16: Head roll 233 Exercise 17: Head pull 236 Exercise 18: Neck tilt 236 Exercise 19: Shoulder shrug 237 Exercise 20: Shoulder roll 238 Chapter 16: Products to Improve Your Back and Neck Health 241 Relaxing at Home 242 Everyday chairs for the home 242 Massage chairs 243 Sleeping Soundly 243 Mattresses 243 Pillows 244 Opting for Office Comfort 244 Office chairs and stools 245 Changeable-height workstations 246 Ergonomic footrests 247 Travelling in Comfort 247 Staying Fit and Healthy 248 Part V: Resuming Normal Activity and Preventing Future Injury 249 Chapter 17: Getting ‘Back’ to Work 251 Pondering the Purpose of Work 251 Identifying Risky Occupations 252 Jobs that require lifting and bending 252 All shook up: Exposure to vibration 253 Sitting down on the job 255 Identifying What’s Stopping You from Returning to Work 255 Preparing to Return to Work 256 Physically reconditioning 256 Understanding your limits 257 Preparing for flare ups 257 Returning to the Office 258 Chapter 18: Returning Safely to Your Favourite Sports 263 Getting Involved in Sport Safely 264 Warming up and cooling down 264 Considering competition in your sport 265 Knowing the risks 266 Playing Sport with Spinal Pain 267 Low-risk sports 268 Low- to medium-risk sports 269 Medium-risk sports 271 Medium- to high-risk sports 273 High-risk sports 277 Chapter 19: Getting Back in the Saddle: Back and Neck Pain and Sex 279 Understanding the Vicious Circle of Back and Neck Pain 279 Communicating With Your Partner 280 Getting in the Mood 283 Getting Physical 284 Getting Down to It, or Spine-Friendly Sexual Positions 284 Getting started 285 Outercourse 285 The missionary position 286 The female superior position 287 Doggie style 287 Side by side 288 Putting It All Together 289 Part VI: The Part of Tens 291 Chapter 20: Ten Common Questions about Back Pain 293 Can I Manage My Herniated Disc Without Surgery? 293 What Kind of Practitioner Should I See for My Back Pain? 294 Why Do I Still Have Pain When My Imaging Scans Are Normal? 295 What about Alternative Treatments for My Back Pain? 296 Is My Diagnosis as Terrible as it Sounds? 296 When Should I Consider Surgery for My Back Pain? 297 Can Stress and Emotion Cause My Back Pain? 298 How Can Pain Only in My Legs Be Related to My Back? 298 What Makes Up a Good Medical Evaluation for Back Pain? 298 Should I Continue Exercising if Doing So Worsens My Pain? 299 Chapter 21: Ten Common Questions About Neck Pain 301 I’ve had Neck Pain for Years but my Doctor Says Nothing’s Wrong and I Must Live With It Is this True? 301 I’m Going Out and Doing Less Because of My Neck Pain. Do You Have Any Advice? 302 Why Have I had Three Different Diagnoses for my Neck Pain in as Many Weeks? 302 Am I Ever Going to Find a Cure for My Neck Pain? 303 What are the Pros and Cons of Neck Surgery? 303 I’m Worried that My Family Thinks I’m Malingering What can I do? 304 Could My Headaches Originate in My Neck? 304 An X-Ray Shows I Have Cervical Spondylosis What does this mean? 305 How Should I Deal With Whiplash Following a Car Accident? 305 Can Neck Problems Cause Shoulder Pain? 305 Chapter 22: Ten Steps to a Healthy Back and Neck 307 Stay in Shape 307 Do Your Back and Neck Exercises 308 Maintain Your Proper Body Weight 308 Watch Out for High-Risk Sports 308 Foster a Positive Attitude 309 Lift and Move Properly 309 Don’t Lift and Twist 309 Don’t Stand or Sit for Long Periods 309 Use a Good Chair 310 Avoid Carrying Heavy Luggage 310 Chapter 23: (Almost) Ten Reasons to See a Doctor for Your Back or Neck Pain 311 You’re Weak in the Legs or Feet 311 You Can’t Control Your Bowels or Bladder 312 Your Back or Neck Pain Awakens You 312 You Have New Symptoms or Excruciating Pain 312 You Have a Serious Accident 313 You Want to Pursue Complementary Treatments 313 You Need More than an Aspirin for Your Pain 314 You’re not Seeing any Improvement 314 Your Medication Isn’t Working 315 Chapter 24: (Almost) Ten Tips for Working Successfully with Your Doctor 317 Identify Your Communication Style 318 Become an Assertive Communicator 319 Plan Your Consultation in Advance 320 Prepare Your Medical Fact Sheet 320 Check Your Attitude 321 Allow the Doctor to Ask Questions First 321 Make Sure that You Understand the Conclusions 322 Bring a Friend 322 Explore Other Sources of Information 323 Part VII: Appendixes 325 Appendix A: Glossary 327 Appendix B: Resources for Additional Information 337 Organisations 337 Acupuncture 337 Alexander technique 337 Alternative and complementary medicine (general) 338 Ankylosing spondylitis 338 Arthritis 338 Aromatherapy 338 Bodywork 339 Chiropractic 339 Consumer information and protection 339 Drugs, medications, and products 339 Fibromyalgia 339 Homeopathy 340 Hypnosis and hypnotherapy 340 Massage therapy 340 Meditation 340 Mental health 340 Naturopathy 341 Nutrition 341 Osteopathy 341 Pain (general) 341 Reflexology 342 Support groups 342 Surgery 342 Yoga 343 Product Resources 343 Index 345

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Book SynopsisAs many parents know, eczema amongst children can be a difficult, painful and frustrating condition to cope with for the parent and the child. It frequently causes irritable behaviour in the child and sleep disruption.Trade Review"?A good book to but?" (Familyonwards.com, 27 March 2003) "?helping to identify the issues involved with eczemasensitively and accurately?a book that will undoubtedly become afirst point of call for any parent caring for a child who haseczema?" (Junior, June 2003) "?very helpful for parents with an atopic child?" (Intl. Jnl. OfAdolescent Health, Vol.15, No.2, 2003) "?5 stars?invaluable for any family that has a child witheczema?" (Youthinmind.com, 4 Juluy 2003) "?a very helpful and useful book?very good value for money andhighly readable?" (Quarterly Jnl of the National Eczema Society,June 2003) "?a clear easy-to-read style?can only be a benefit to any housewhere eczema is an issue?" (Marshwood Vale Magazine, July 2003) "An invaluable resource for any family with a child who haseczema." (Here?s Health, September 2003)Table of ContentsAbout the author vii Acknowledgements ix 1 What is eczema? 1 2 What is the best treatment for eczema? 9 3 The impact of eczema on your child and on the family 29 4 Understanding and managing scratching 43 5 Understanding and managing sleep problems 59 6 Understanding and managing diet for your child with eczema 71 7 Managing teasing and improving your child’s self-esteem 79 8 Growing up with eczema 91 Useful addresses and contacts 99 Recommended further reading 103 Index 105

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Book SynopsisA chance to step into your child's shoes. When your child was diagnosed with diabetes your first priority was probably to learn everything you could about diabetes and how to manage it.Table of ContentsDiabetes "Hurts" Parents More Than Kids. Education and Attitude: Equal Partners. Getting on with Life. The Importance of Social Involvement and Support. Working Through Frustrations. A Declaration of Independence. Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisTake control of IBS so IBS doesn''t take control of your life IBS Relief, Second Edition is an extensively updated, hands-on guide to help you manage your symptoms and limit the frequency, intensity, and duration of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) episodes. Written by a doctor, a dietitian, and a psychologist, this guide gives you a multidisciplinary approach encompassing every proven strategy for managing IBS, including new drug therapies and stress management techniques. This book won''t confuse you with medical terminology--IBS is confounding enough. Instead, the book contains questionnaires, lists, diaries, stress and food tolerance tests, and other tools to help you determine the pattern of your symptoms, identify triggers, and take appropriate action. You''ll learn how to manage your problem based on your specific symptoms. Approaches include: * A three-step process for managing irritable bowel through healthy eating * RecommendeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. 1. What Is IBS? 2. How Do I Know I Have Irritable Bowel? 3. How the Gut Works, and Sometimes Doesnâ??t. 4. What Causes Irritable Bowel? 5. Want Relief? Start with Healthy Eating. 6. Foods and Habits That Irritate. 7. Healthy Eating Adjustments for Specific Symptoms. 8. What Is Stress, and Does It Affect Irritable Bowel? 9. Stress Management. 10. What Do I Do about the Pain? 11. Are You Ready? Making Change Happen. 12. Irritable Bowel Is Not My Only Worry. 13. Working with Your Doctor. 14. Living with Irritable Bowel. Appendix: High-Fiber, Low-Fat Recipes. Index.

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Book SynopsisIf you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a thyroid condition, you've probably found out at least a little about this mysterious gland-just enough to want to look for answers to the many questions that keep popping up in your mind.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Examining the Thyroid. Chapter 1: The Big Role of a Little Gland. Chapter 2: How the Thyroid Works. Chapter 3: Finding a Thyroid Doctor. Chapter 4: Testing Your Thyroid. Part II: Diagnosing and Treating Thyroid Conditions. Chapter 5: Dealing with Decreased Thyroid Function. Chapter 6: Taming the Hyperactive Thyroid. Chapter 7: Thyroid Nodules. Chapter 8: Thyroid Cancer. Chapter 9: Multinodular Goiters: Thyroids with Many Nodules. Chapter 10: Drugs That Impact Your Thyroid. Chapter 11: Thyroid Infections and Inflammation. Chapter 12: Iodine Deficiency and Excess Disease. Chapter 13: Surgery of the Thyroid. Part III: Reviewing Special Considerations in Thyroid Health. Chapter 14: The Genetic Link to Thyroid Disease. Chapter 15: The Thyroid and Your Mental Health. Chapter 16: What’s New in Thyroid Treatment? Chapter 17: The Thyroid and Pregnancy. Chapter 18: Thyroid Conditions and Children. Chapter 19: Thyroid Disease and the Elderly. Chapter 20: Diet, Exercise, and Your Thyroid. Part IV: The Part of Tens. Chapter 21: Ten Myths about Thyroid Health. Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Maximize Thyroid Health. Chapter 23: Ten Questions Readers Have Posed. Part V: Appendixes. Appendix A: A Glossary of Key Terms. Appendix B: Sources of More Information. Index.

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Book SynopsisIncluding information for parents of children with diabetes, this text offers solutions to the problems confronting children, young people and parents. Suggestions are also given for professionals developing packages of care, audit systems, standards and activities outside the diabetic clinics.Table of ContentsAetiology, Epidemiology, Immunology, Environmental Factors, Genetics and Prevention (W. Lamb). Diabetes--Management of the First Few Weeks (I. Jefferson M. Kibirige). Diabetes in the Under-Fives (C. McCowen). The Point and Purpose of the Clinic--Personnel and Practical Aspects (K. Robertson W. Lamb). The Concept of Control (D. Matthews). Insulin Strategies (J. Wales). Acute Complications of Diabetes (J. Edge K. Matyka). Growth in Diabetes and Other Associated Auto-immune Conditions (I. Jefferson). Exercise and Diabetes (M. Kibirige S. Court). Parents and Children--Stories, Pictures and Explanations (S. Court). Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisSilver reviews the causes and characteristics of chronic pain and explores its impact on individual family relationships and on the extended family, covering such issues as employment, parenting, childbearing and inheritance, and emotional health.Trade ReviewIn this latest entry in Harvard University's useful series of concise guides for families aiding sick members, Silver examines how family relationships can be affected by chronic pain: the impact on parents of suffering children, and on children of suffering parents, the role of extended family, the effect on intimacy and sexual activity, and more. Silver clearly discusses medication and other treatments as well, including alternative medicine. Useful sidebars deal with specific issues: one suggests ways to eliminate unhelpful chronic pain behaviors that can alienate friends; another gives a list of pain medications associated with sexual dysfunction. Silver's advice is wise and sensible, based on her own years of practice with chronic pain patients. * Publishers Weekly *Table of Contents1. What Is Chronic Pain? 2. Effect on the Couple 3. Intimacy and Sexual Activity 4. Work Issues 5. Childbearing and Inheritance 6. Growing Up with a Parent in Pain 7. Chronic Pain in Children 8. The Extended Family 9. Emotional Changes and Depression 10. Medication Dependence and Addiction 11. Diagnosing Chronic Pain Conditions 12. Traditional Treatment Options 13. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Afterword Appendix: Resources Suggested Reading Notes Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisStein has produced a book that allows general readers and nonphysicians working with stroke survivors to make sense of the confusing variety of diagnoses and treatment options, and goes on to explore challenges the recovering stroke patient and the recovering family will face during a long recuperation with an uncertain outcome.Trade ReviewJoel Stein has written a comprehensive guide to stroke for patients and their families. It covers all the basics of stroke care, from prevention to returning home from hospital through rehab. Dr. Stein's book will be a 'must' for families and patients living with the after effects of stroke. The writing is clear and easy to understand, and the information-packed text uses patient vignettes skillfully to illustrate very important issues in an engaging and humane manner. -- Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D., Vice Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital Neurology ServiceTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. What Is a Stroke? 2. Finding the Cause of a Stroke 3. Stroke Prevention 4. How the Brain Works 5. Medical Complications after Stroke 6. Recovery and Rehabilitation 7. Stroke in the Young and the Old 8. Impact on Marriage and Relationships 9. Impact on Children and Family 10. Return to Work and Leisure Activities 11. Weakness after Stroke 12. Loss of Sensation or Vision 13. Problems with Memory and Thinking 14. Emotional and Personality Changes 15. Communication Difficulties 16. Swallowing Difficulties 17. Pain and Muscle Spasms 18. Equipment and Home Environment 19. Nontraditional Treatments 20. Understanding Clinical Research Appendix: Resources and Information Index

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Book SynopsisTells how Brazil, against all odds, became the first developing country to universalize access to life-saving AIDS therapies - a breakthrough made possible by an unexpected alliance of activists, government reformers, development agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry.Trade ReviewJoint Winner of the 2008 Wellcome Medal for Medical Anthropology, Royal Anthropological Institute and the Wellcome Trust Winner of the 2008 Diana Forsythe Prize, American Anthropological Association "Biehl's powerful ethnography beautifully mixes visual and written portraits of those who lived and died as Brazil developed its public health and policy responses to AIDS. The author gives voice to those at the margins--the poor, the homeless, homosexuals, drug addicts, transvestites, prostitutes--who remained stigmatized and invisible as Brazil universalized access to AIDS therapies... Biehl convincingly argues the importance of understanding the history and politics of AIDS pharmaceuticalization, the role of social mobilization, and the invisibility of the marginalized in official statistics and care in grasping the reality of AIDS in Brazil."--E.J. Schatz, Choice "In Will to Live, Joao Biehl combines critical public health, ethnography, and even a mini epidemiological survey, studying AIDS therapies up, down, and sideways... The running commentary from major decision-makers in the novel Brazilian approach to AIDS provides both insights and rather transparent post facto justifications for the state's regulatory practices. These are nicely complemented by activist and patient critiques throughout the text."--Matthew Gutmann, American Ethnologist "Biehl's ethnography is already a paradigmatic example of how transformations in subjectivities and social experience can be investigated at all levels: personal, social, political, and global. The book is also exceptional, while describing in fruitful ways, complex interconnections that might occur within and across levels of lived experience... I strongly recommend this book to all those interested in pursuing anthropological investigations emphasizing the conceptual significance of lived experience through 'experience-near' analyses and 'thick description.'"--Cristina Redko, Ethos "[Joao Biehl's] book is important for understanding a complex public health program in a developing country. It is well written; the chapter that contains patients' testimonies is particularly emotional and poignant."--Carlos M.F. Antunes, Sc.D., New England Journal of Medicine "[Will to Live] argues that, despite the government's commitment, treatment has been difficult to implement among HIV-positive poor Brazilians, who are often stigmatized."--Chronicle Review "Will to Live is a compellingly crafted study of AIDS in Brazil, an exemplar of how careful ethnographic work can illuminate the place of everyday life in the constitution of, and response to, globalizing forces... I bring a unique understanding of, and appreciation for, Biehl's achievement. It is significant."--Tom Boellstorff, Journal of Anthropological Research "Biehl manages to make his writing accessible, informative, fluid and engaging, resulting in a text which requires no prior knowledge of the subject matter, or the methods of anthropological research. As such, while deeply anthropological in approach and commitment to ethnographic forms of narrative, the book will enlighten, challenge and fascinate readers from a wide range of disciplines, from medicine to health policy, sociology to government, STS and law."--Rachel Douglas-Jones, Kaleidoscope "This is an insightful read for those interested in medical anthropology, the pharmaceutical industry, medical ethics, AIDS activism, and health studies. It is an essential tool for those seeking to understand the complexity of tackling the AIDS issue on the ground level."--Lindsay Sprague, Anthropology in Action "Will to Live is an impressive and moving analysis by an engaged ethnographer... Biehl presents a powerful example of how ethnographic investigation can illuminate the fine details and trajectories of people's lives while also informing critical analysis of broad shifts in global and national health policies."--Steven Epstein, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsIntroduction: A NEW WORLD OF HEALTH The Right to a Nonprojected Future 3 Universal Access to Lifesaving Therapies 7 A Political Economy of Pharmaceuticals 10 Persistent Inequalities 14 Lives "Take me to my father's house" (Edileusa) 20 "Today is another world" (Luis) 22 "If I only had thought then the way I think now" (Rose) 26 "Why will I think about the future?" (Nerivaldo) 30 "A child is what I wanted most in life" (Evangivaldo) 33 "To have HIV ... is like not having money" (Valquirene) 37 "Too much medication" (Soraia) 40 "A beautiful place" (Tiquinho) 43 The Politics of Survival 47 Chapter One: PHARMACEUTICAL GOVERNANCE Globalization and Statecraft 53 The Social Science of a Transforming Regime 55 AIDS, Democratization, and Human Rights 58 A Transnational Policy-Space 64 The Activist State 68 Intellectual Property Rights and World Trade 73 A Country's Disease--Public-Private Partnerships 79 Decentralization and a Magic Bullet Approach 84 Public-Sector Science and the Production of Generic Drugs 87 Scaling-Up 93 The Pharmaceuticalization of Public Health 97 Chapter Two: CIRCUITS OF CARE How Has AIDS Activism Changed? 105 From Passion to Politics 110 The AIDS Industry 115 Micro-Politics of Patienthood 120 Performing Citizenship 125 Grassroots Health Systems 130 A New National AIDS Program 135 On the Street: Violence, Charity, and Pleasure 140 In the Mainstream 155 Measures of Success, Undesirable Realities 160 The Undetectable Virus 164 "It is all about medicines now" 169 In Search of a Comprehensive Approach 172 "There is not just one death" 175 Chapter Three: A HIDDEN EPIDEMIC The Limits of Surveillance 179 AIDS in Bahia 180 Economic Death 184 Pelourinho 190 "I set myself on fire" (Maria Madalena) 194 "They take care of me as if I were family" (Lazaro) 198 Technologies of Invisibility 202 A System of Nonintervention 204 Infectious Diseases Research 206 Medical Sovereignty, Local Bioethics 209 Triage 213 The Social Life of Death Certificates 217 AIDS Therapies and Homelessness 225 "Science makes people equal" 232 Brasilia 236 Chapter Four: EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS AIDS-like Symptoms 241 HIV Antibody Test 244 Certainty: Closing the Past 246 Uncertainty: The Window Period 246 A Population of Doubts 250 What Is Socially Visible Is an Imagined AIDS 253 Risk and Prevention Models 257 Libidinal Order 259 Science and Subjectivity 263 Dangerous Worlds of Intimacy 267 Technoneurosis 270 "They own their bodies and are responsible for their actions" 272 Clinical Trials 276 Chapter Five: PATIENT-CITIZENSHIP "On the plane of immanence that leads us into a life" 283 A Place of No Government 286 Pastoral Power 296 Institutional Belonging and Treatment Adherence 303 New Prohibitions 308 "In Caasah we don't just have AIDS--we have God" 312 Religion, Health, Wealth 318 Ambiguous Political Subjects 324 Resuming Sexual Life 327 Beyond Direct Observed Therapy 334 Chapter Six: WILL TO LIVE Lifelong AIDS 339 Human Values 344 Medical Disparities 347 From Epidemic to Personalized Disease 349 Physically Well, Economically Dead 353 Drug Resistance and Rescue Treatments 355 "Medication is me" (Luis) 358 "I am mother and father" (Rose) 363 "It is the financial part of life that tortures me" (Evangivaldo) 368 Conclusion: GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH Large-Scale Medical Change 375 "A little more reverence for life" 377 The Future of Treatment Rollouts 379 Pharmaceutical Philanthropy and Equity 383 Where Is the State? 388 A Vanishing Civil Society 393 Understanding the Nexus of AIDS, Poverty, and Politics 396 Local Economies of Salvation 399 The Unexpected and the Possible 404 Acknowledgments 407 Notes 411 References 425 Index 451

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Book SynopsisA practical guide to understanding and overcoming trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder.Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments 6Section IPost Traumatic Stress Disorder 71. A Life Spoiled 82. What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? 183. Post Traumatic Stress in the Dock 344. Why Me? 41Section IIThe Psychology Behind PTSD 515. Emotional Processing 526. Burying the Memories 617. Emotions, the Stuff of Life 70Section IIIThe Need for Therapy 798. Susan’s Story 809. Healthy and Unhealthy Reactions to Trauma 8810. Emotional Processing Therapy 96Section IVSelf-Help Programme for PTSD 10311. Max’s Story 10412. Preparing for Therapy 11813. Emotional Processing Style 12914. Facing the Memories 139Section VThe Journey Onwards 15115. Stumbling Blocks 15216. The Deal 15717. Sweet or Deadly Oblivion? 167References 175Index 187

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Book SynopsisEach year, more than 1 million people get treated for cancer, and most of these will undergo chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both. This reassuring, optimistic guide helps people get a handle on treatment options and explains in plain English how chemotherapy and radiation therapy really work.Trade Review"...spiced with humour ... succeeds in demystofying cancer therapy ... a compassionate and practical book ... a welcome addition to cancer patient literature..." (Cancer World, April 2006)Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 What You Don’t Have to Read 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 How This Book Is Organized 3 Part I: Your Journey Through Cancer Treatments: Preparing for the Trip 3 Part II: Your Choices along the Way: Making Good Ones 3 Part III: Chemotherapy: What to Expect and How to Deal with Side Effects 4 Part IV: Radiation: What to Expect and How to Deal with Side Effects 4 Part V: Your Success Strategies: Assembling Your Support Team 4 Part VI: Your Future after Cancer Treatments: Looking Ahead 4 Part VII: The Part of Tens 5 Glossary 5 Icons Used in This Book 5 Where to Go from Here 6 Part I: Your Journey Through Cancer Treatments: Preparing for the Trip 7 Chapter 1: Recognizing the Realities of Chemotherapy and Radiation 9 Making Peace with Your Diagnosis 10 Registering your emotions 10 Taking time to process the news 10 Experiencing a range of emotions 11 Telling family and friends 11 Gathering Information 12 Shopping for Cancer Specialists 12 Finding good doctors 13 Preparing to embrace a new culture 14 Considering Options 15 Understanding chemotherapy and radiation 15 Looking into clinical trials 16 Taking a chance on a transplant 16 Exploring Virtual Chemotherapy 17 Getting started on chemo 17 Taking care of your immune system 17 Signing up for side effects 17 Trying on Radiation Therapy for Size 18 Getting set up for the first treatment 18 Managing side effects 19 Sending for Help 19 Making room on the team bus 20 Practicing good nutrition 20 Tending to your spirit 21 Finding support from strangers 21 Looking Beyond Cancer Treatments 22 Beginning anew 22 Returning to square one 23 Making peace with a new you 23 Chapter 2: The Mutants Take Over: A Primer on Cancer 25 Demystifying the “C” Word 26 Understanding how cancer develops 27 What causes cancer? 28 Listing the types of cancer 29 Differentiating among tumors 30 Watching the Immune System in Action 30 Discovering How Treatments Fight Back 32 Considering Risk Factors 34 Blaming your genes 34 Looking for other causes 35 Looking to the Future: Ongoing Research 37 Targeting genetic culprits 38 Developing fortified antibodies 38 Speaking of the “C” Word 39 Practicing saying the word 39 Scheduling pity parties 40 Comforting the people around you 41 Playing the blame game 42 Keeping Your Sense of Humor 43 Chapter 3: You Will Be Tested: What All Those Tests Show 45 Passing a Battery of Tests 46 Having blood drawn 46 Stretching out on a table 47 Undergoing a biopsy 51 Playing the Waiting Game 52 Setting the Stage for Treatment 53 Hearing your numbers 55 Ignoring your numbers 55 Recognizing Symptoms of Cancer 56 Resisting the urge to self-diagnose 57 Analyzing pain 57 Appreciating Early Detection 58 Knowing the types of screening tests 59 Redirecting anger about tests 60 Part II: Your Choices along the Way: Making Good Ones 63 Chapter 4: Defining Chemotherapy: The Anticancer Drugs 65 Getting Some Chemotherapy Basics 66 Sorting out the different drugs 67 Taking heart from new developments 68 Investigating Different Delivery Systems 69 Having intravenous chemotherapy 70 Wearing a pump 73 Taking chemotherapy by mouth 74 Looking at lesser-known forms of chemotherapy 74 Evaluating Your Oncologist’s Recommendation 75 Setting up a treatment plan 75 Determining the dose 76 Getting a second opinion 77 Making the Best Choice for You 78 Asking the right questions 79 Getting the right answers 79 Moving forward with confidence 80 Chapter 5: Defining Radiation: A Burning Issue 81 Understanding Radiation Therapy 82 Defining external radiation therapy 83 Defining internal radiation therapy 85 Exploring ways to improve radiation therapy treatments 89 Evaluating Your Radiation Oncologist’s Recommendation 89 Setting up a treatment plan 89 Determining the dose 90 Meeting the team 91 Getting a second opinion 91 Making the Best Choice for You 91 Chapter 6: Setting New Standards: The Role of Clinical Trials 93 Grasping the Importance of Clinical Trials 94 Realizing the scope of cancer trials 94 Understanding the development of clinical trials 94 Deciding Whether to Participate 96 Considering the benefits 97 Considering the risks 97 Asking questions 98 Seeking more information 99 Taking Part in a Clinical Trial 100 Meeting eligibility guidelines 100 Knowing your rights 101 Feeling Good About Taking Part 101 Hearing what participants have to say 102 Banishing the notion of guinea pigs 103 Chapter 7: Getting a Second Chance: Bone Marrow Transplants 105 Demystifying Bone Marrow Transplants 106 Defining bone marrow 106 Identifying the purpose of a transplant 107 Recognizing the source of stem cells 108 Exploring the Types of Transplants 108 Looking at autologous transplants 109 Looking at syngeneic transplants 110 Looking at allogeneic transplants 110 Looking at an alternative 110 Searching for a Donor 111 Preparing for a Bone Marrow Transplant 112 Acknowledging your emotions 112 Appointing a caregiver 113 Comparing Retrieval Methods 114 Harvesting the bone marrow 114 Obtaining peripheral blood stem cells 114 Undergoing the Rescue Process 115 Experiencing external changes 115 Experiencing internal changes 116 Keeping an Eye Out for Post-Rescue Problems 116 Part III: Chemotherapy: What to Expect and How to Deal with Side Effects 119 Chapter 8: What to Expect During Chemotherapy: A Head-to-Toe Mouthwash 121 Your First Appointment: Getting the Toughest One Out of the Way 122 Assessing your feelings 123 Preparing for your first treatment 123 Arriving for your treatment 125 Undergoing your first treatment 125 Heading for home 126 Continuing with Chemo 127 Keeping your appointments 128 Reporting changes in your health 128 Protecting your health 129 Asking for the Support You Need 129 Delegating responsibilities to your family 130 Appointing a “Chemo Buddy” 131 Allowing friends to help 131 Giving Yourself a Break 133 Keeping everything in perspective 133 Keeping an eye on the future 134 Chapter 9: Gimme a Boost: Immune and Bone Marrow Stimulants 135 Boning Up on Bone Marrow 136 Boosting the Immune System 137 White blood cells 137 Red blood cells 139 Platelets 141 An additional complication 142 Recognizing an Infection 143 Considering Supplements 143 Chapter 10: Coping with Serious Side Effects of Chemotherapy 145 Considering What’s to Come 146 Reading a firsthand report 147 Predicting your experience 147 Keeping an Eye on Kidney and Bladder Function 148 Combating Nausea 149 Eating smart 149 Drinking smart 150 Comforting yourself 150 Facing Fatigue 151 Checking for anemia 152 Conserving energy 152 Fighting Pain 154 Nailing neuropathy 154 Watching out for mouth sores 155 Dealing with dry mouth 156 Demystifying Depression 157 Facing your fear 157 Identifying other causes of depression 157 Getting the help you need 158 Confronting Infertility 159 Being proactive 159 Planning to wait 160 Losing Your Hair 160 Caring for your hair before it goes 161 Planning ahead for hair loss 162 Growing new hair 165 Chapter 11: Coping with Less Serious Side Effects of Chemotherapy 167 Considering What’s to Come 168 Battling Intestinal Disarray 168 Dealing with diarrhea 169 Dealing with constipation 170 Retaining Fluids 170 Experiencing Vision Problems 171 Fighting Fuzzy Thinking 171 Losing Interest in Food 172 Mistrusting your sense of taste 172 Boosting your appetite 173 Cutting back on drinking 174 Troubleshooting Skin and Nail Problems 174 Itching to scratch 175 Knowing how to treat nails 176 Attacking acne 176 Suffering from sunburn 176 Reacting to radiation 177 Part IV: Radiation: What to Expect and How to Deal with Side Effects 179 Chapter 12: What to Expect During Radiation: Tattoos and Moisturizer 181 Your First Appointments: Getting the Toughest Ones Out of the Way 182 Knowing what to expect 182 Mapping the area to be treated 183 Determining the dose to use 185 Getting tattoos 185 Setting up your schedule 186 Experiencing the Real Thing 187 Assessing your feelings 187 Arriving on the first day 188 Soothing Your Skin 189 Making Wardrobe Adjustments 190 Seeking the Support You Need 190 Giving Yourself a Break 191 Keeping your appointments 192 Keeping everything in perspective 192 Keeping an eye on the future 193 Chapter 13: Coping with Side Effects of Radiation Therapy 195 Considering What’s to Come 196 Identifying your type of therapy 197 Predicting your experience 197 Fending Off Fatigue 198 Learning an important word 198 Getting your timing right 199 Caring for Your Skin 200 Using protective strategies 200 Watching for warning signs 200 Soothing Inflamed Mucous Membranes 201 Experiencing Diarrhea 201 Saying “No” to Nausea 202 Making wise food choices 202 Making wise drink choices 203 Finding comfort 204 Living with Lymphedema 204 Looking Out for Pneumonitis 205 Running to the Restroom 205 Watching Your White Blood Count 206 Dealing with Hair Loss 207 Pampering your hair while you have it 207 Making plans in advance 208 Recognizing Depression 210 Asking for help 210 Working through fear and grief 211 Part V: Your Success Strategies: Assembling Your Support Team 213 Chapter 14: Your Health Professionals: Your Friends and Guides 215 Communicating with Your Doctors 216 Building a good relationship 216 Considering less-than-ideal situations 219 Seeking Help from a Psychologist 220 Allowing yourself to accept help 221 Knowing what kind of help to expect 222 Meeting Other Health Professionals 222 Making time for massage 223 Yearning for yoga 225 Renewing with reiki 227 Taking up tai chi 228 Trying meditation 229 Fitting in fitness 231 Chapter 15: Good Nutrition: Eating Right No Matter How You Feel 235 Welcoming New Members to the Team 236 Knowing When You Need Help 236 Catching Up on the Food Fights 237 Boning Up on the Benefits 238 Acknowledging the “A” List 239 Finding time for fluids 239 Pumping up with protein 239 Embracing carbohydrates and fats 240 Mulling over vitamins and minerals 242 Plumbing the Pitfalls of Poor Eating 242 Considering Problems that May Develop 242 Realizing how tumors impact nutrients 243 Seeing how surgery affects eating habits 243 Knowing how chemotherapy influences nutrition 244 Acknowledging problems caused by radiation therapy 245 Assessing effects of bone marrow and stem cell transplants 245 Chapter 16: Meeting Spiritual Needs: Turning to Prayer and Meditation 247 Defining Distress 248 Tallying Up the Benefits of Faith 248 Talking about Spirituality with Your Doctors 251 Examining Prayer Practices 252 Personalizing prayers 252 Praying in free verse 252 Meditating in a prayerful manner 253 Accepting Prayers from Others 254 Assessing the Healing Power of Prayer 254 Listening to a Doctor on Spirituality 255 Squaring Faith with Cancer 256 Chapter 17: Finding a Support Group: Realizing You Are Not Alone 257 Determining Your Level of Interest 258 Defining “Group” 258 Locating a Group 259 Asking the Right Questions 261 Seeking One-on-One Support 262 Looking at the Benefits 262 Assessing the Risks 263 Handling the hard stuff 264 Protecting yourself emotionally 264 Helping Newcomers 265 Part VI: Your Future after Cancer Treatments: Looking Ahead 267 Chapter 18: Finishing Therapy: An End and a Beginning 269 Monitoring Your Health after Cancer 270 Expecting a recovery period 270 Scheduling follow-up care 271 Keeping appointments 271 Telling the truth 272 Worrying about recurrence 273 Coping with Long-Term Side Effects 273 Fighting fatigue 273 Putting up with pain 274 Managing lymphedema 274 Making the best of mouth problems 274 Facing bladder or bowel problems 275 Accepting early menopause 275 Sorting out sexual issues 276 Reducing Your Hormone Level 277 Hearing arguments for hormone therapy 277 Considering different approaches 278 Sizing up the side effects 278 Deciding what’s best for you 279 Working Out a Wellness Plan 279 Chapter 19: Dealing with Recurrence: Here We Go Again 281 Defining Recurrence 282 Recognizing signs of recurrence 282 Getting up to speed on semantics 283 Redefining Survivor 283 Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster 284 Questioning everything 284 Moving on 285 Establishing a Treatment Plan 286 Understanding your options 286 Making the most of past experiences 287 Setting treatment goals when a cure isn’t possible 288 Considering Unconventional Treatments 288 Facing the Future, Whatever Comes 289 Finding comfort in hospice care 290 Debunking the myths of hospice 291 Traveling on 292 Chapter 20: Defining Yourself after Cancer: The New Normal 293 Looking at Life Through New Eyes 294 Reaping the benefits 294 Getting a physical boost from positive thinking? 295 Making Semantic Decisions 296 Allowing for Negativity 296 Finding Inspiration in Amazing Recoveries 297 Looking at Time Differently 298 Hearing the wakeup call 298 Living in gratitude 299 Spending time on yourself 299 Protecting Yourself Emotionally 301 Looking out for number one 301 Making friends with lingering fear 302 Defining Your Boundaries at Home and Work 302 Lightening Up 303 Part VII: The Part of Tens 305 Chapter 21: Ten Myths about Cancer 307 Myth #1: When You Get Cancer, You Die 307 Myth #2: If the Cancer Doesn’t Kill You, the Treatments Will 308 Myth #3: Cancer Treatments Are One-Size-Fits-All 308 Myth #4: You Can’t Work while You’re Having Cancer Treatments 309 Myth #5: It Takes Forever to Get Over Cancer Treatments 309 Myth #6: It’s Your Fault You Got Cancer 309 Myth #7: The Medical Community Suppresses Alternative Healing Methods 310 Myth #8: Now Your Family Will All Get Cancer 310 Myth #9: Cancer Always Comes Back 310 Myth #10: Nothing Is Ever the Same after Cancer 311 Chapter 22: Ten Ways for Family and Friends to Help You 313 Acknowledging That You Have Cancer 313 Giving You Time to Accept the Diagnosis 314 Holding You While You Cry 314 Making You Laugh 315 Seeking Help Coping from Someone Else 315 Asking for Specific Ways to Help You 315 Carrying Out Your Requests 316 Offering What You Are Reluctant to Ask For 316 Helping to Protect You 317 Celebrating with You 317 Chapter 23: Ten Things Beyond Your Control 319 Turning Back the Clock 319 Keeping the Diagnosis a Secret 320 Encountering an Alien Culture 320 Making New Friends 320 Experiencing Mood Swings 321 Facing Your Own Mortality 321 Suffering Power Outages 321 Missing Some Good Times 322 Choosing the Texture of Your New Hair 322 Receiving Help from Many Sources 322 Chapter 24: Ten Ways Life Will Be Better after Cancer 323 Cancer Goes Away 323 Treatments End 324 Fear Recedes 324 A Sense of Adventure Grows 324 Inner Strength Builds 325 People Matter More 325 Forgiveness Gains in Importance 325 Support Comes Naturally 326 The Tongue Loosens 326 Time Flies 326 Chapter 25: Ten Sources for More Information 329 Searching the Web 329 National Cancer Institute 330 American Cancer Society 330 National Comprehensive Cancer Network 330 American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 331 People Living With Cancer 331 OncoLink 331 Planet Cancer 331 Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups 332 National Marrow Donor Program 332 Coping with Cancer Magazine 332 Glossary 333 Index 339

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Book SynopsisA multidisciplinary exploration of Canada’s experience of illness and death during the 1918-20 influenza pandemic.Table of ContentsIntroduction / Magda Fahrni and Esyllt JonesPart 1: Public Responses to the Influenza Pandemic in Canada1 The Limits of Necessity: Public Health, Dissent, and the War Effort during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic / Mark Osborne Humphries2 “Rendering Valuable Service”: The Politics of Nursing during the 1918-19 Influenza Crisis / Linda Quiney3 “Respectfully Submitted”: Citizens and Public Letter Writing during Montreal’s Influenza Epidemic, 1918-20 / Magda FahrniPart 2: Who Contracted Influenza and Why?4 The North-South Divide: Social Inequality and Mortality from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Hamilton, Ontario / D. Ann Herring and Ellen Korol5 Beyond Biology: Understanding the Social Impact of Infectious Disease in Two Aboriginal Communities / Karen Slonim6 A Geographical Analysis of the Spread of Spanish Influenza in Quebec, 1918-20 / Francis Dubois, Jean-Pierre Thouez, and Denis GouletPart 3: Influenza and the Limits of Modernity7 Flu Stories: Engaging with Disease, Death, and Modernity in British Columbia, 1918-19 / Mary-Ellen Kelm8 Spectral Influenza: Winnipeg’s Hamilton Family, Interwar Spiritualism, and Pandemic Disease / Esyllt JonesPart 4: Influenza and Public Health in the Contemporary Context9 Toronto’s Health Department in Action: Influenza in 1918 and SARS in 2003 / Heather MacDougallConclusion / Esyllt Jones and Magda FahrniSelected BibliographyContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIndigenous People and Dementia brings together research and Indigenous knowledge on memory loss and memory care in later life to assist students, practitioners, and educators to decolonize their work with Indigenous peoples.Table of ContentsForeword / Rod McCormickIntroduction / Wendy Hulko, Jean E. Balestrery, and Danielle WilsonWe Call It Healing / Secwepemc Elder, Wendy Hulko, Danielle Wilson, Star Mahara, Gwen Campbell-McArthur, Jean William, Cecilia DeRose, and Estella Patrick Moller Part 1: Prevalence, Causes, and Public Discourse 1 Current and Projected Dementia Prevalence in First Nations Populations in Canada / Jennifer Walker and Kristen Jacklin 2 Indigenous Vascular Dementia: An Indigenous Syndemic Dementia Model / J. Neil Henderson, Linda D. Carson, and Kama King3 A Story about Joe in the News Media: Decolonizing Dementia Discourse / Suzanne MacLeodCoyote: Keeper of Memories / Danielle Wilson, Gwen Campbell-McArthur, Wendy Hulko, Star Mahara, Jean William, Cecilia DeRose, and Estella Patrick MollerPart 2: Indigenous Perspectives on Care and Prevention4 Perceptions of Dementia Prevention among Anishinaabe Living on Manitoulin Island / Jessica E. Pace, Kristen Jacklin, Wayne Warry, and Karen Pitawanakwat5 The Understanding from Within Project: Perspectives from Indigenous Caregivers / Carrie Bourassa, Melissa Blind, Kristen Jacklin, Eric Oleson, and Kate Ross-Hopley6 Oldest Age Does Not Come Alone: “What’s the Name of the Day?” / Mere KēpaA Fecund Frontier: We Listen ... in between Talk ... We Listen / Jean E. Balestrery and Sophie “Eqeelana Tungwenuk” NothstinePart 3: Applying Theory and Knowledge to Practice7 Depression, Diabetes, and Dementia: Historical, Biocultural, and Generational Factors among American Indian and Alaska Native Elders / Linda D. Carson, J. Neil Henderson, and Kama King8 Adapting CIRCA-BC in the Post-Residential-School Era / Barbara Purves and Wendy Hulko9 Focus(ing) on Love and Respect: Translating Elders’ Teachings on Aging and Memory Loss into Learning Tools for Children and Youth / Wendy Hulko, Danielle Wilson, and Jessica KentConclusion / Wendy Hulko, Jean E. Balestrery, and Danielle WilsonIndex

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Book SynopsisIndigenous People and Dementia brings together research and Indigenous knowledge on memory loss and memory care in later life to assist students, practitioners, and educators to decolonize their work with Indigenous peoples.Table of ContentsForeword / Rod McCormickIntroduction / Wendy Hulko, Jean E. Balestrery, and Danielle WilsonWe Call It Healing / Secwepemc Elder, Wendy Hulko, Danielle Wilson, Star Mahara, Gwen Campbell-McArthur, Jean William, Cecilia DeRose, and Estella Patrick Moller Part 1: Prevalence, Causes, and Public Discourse 1 Current and Projected Dementia Prevalence in First Nations Populations in Canada / Jennifer Walker and Kristen Jacklin 2 Indigenous Vascular Dementia: An Indigenous Syndemic Dementia Model / J. Neil Henderson, Linda D. Carson, and Kama King3 A Story about Joe in the News Media: Decolonizing Dementia Discourse / Suzanne MacLeodCoyote: Keeper of Memories / Danielle Wilson, Gwen Campbell-McArthur, Wendy Hulko, Star Mahara, Jean William, Cecilia DeRose, and Estella Patrick MollerPart 2: Indigenous Perspectives on Care and Prevention4 Perceptions of Dementia Prevention among Anishinaabe Living on Manitoulin Island / Jessica E. Pace, Kristen Jacklin, Wayne Warry, and Karen Pitawanakwat5 The Understanding from Within Project: Perspectives from Indigenous Caregivers / Carrie Bourassa, Melissa Blind, Kristen Jacklin, Eric Oleson, and Kate Ross-Hopley6 Oldest Age Does Not Come Alone: “What’s the Name of the Day?” / Mere KēpaA Fecund Frontier: We Listen ... in between Talk ... We Listen / Jean E. Balestrery and Sophie “Eqeelana Tungwenuk” NothstinePart 3: Applying Theory and Knowledge to Practice7 Depression, Diabetes, and Dementia: Historical, Biocultural, and Generational Factors among American Indian and Alaska Native Elders / Linda D. Carson, J. Neil Henderson, and Kama King8 Adapting CIRCA-BC in the Post-Residential-School Era / Barbara Purves and Wendy Hulko9 Focus(ing) on Love and Respect: Translating Elders’ Teachings on Aging and Memory Loss into Learning Tools for Children and Youth / Wendy Hulko, Danielle Wilson, and Jessica KentConclusion / Wendy Hulko, Jean E. Balestrery, and Danielle WilsonIndex

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Book SynopsisLife After Cancer I immediately wanted to recommAnd this book to my patients. [It]will serve as a roadmap to help cancer patients anticipate feelingsand stages of the coping process. It will help demystify thecomplex and often baffling set of experiences on the uncertain pathof cancer survivorship. --Elisabeth Targ, M.D., Geraldine Brush Cancer Research Institute,California Pacific Medical Center An intimate and inspiring account of the authors'' real-lifeexperiences of surviving cancer. The authors provide astraightforward account of what life is like after the whirlwind ofdoctors'' visits and radical treatments comes to an And.Trade Review"Dancing in Limbo is filled with deeply moving, personal insightsinto the hopes, fears, and triumphs of cancer survivors who havetransformed the threat of imminent death into a celebration of life... must reading for all cancer patients, their families, friAnds,and health care providers." (Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier, author ofSound Mind, Sound Body and Mind as Healer, Mind as Slayer) "This is fabulous and very brave writing. Everyone with alife-threatening illness should read this. Everyone who lovessomeone with a life-threatening illness should read this. Actually,come to think of it, everyone who wants to be more fully presentfor their life should read itafter all, we're all terminal on thisbus." (Anne Lamott, author of Bird by Bird and OperatingInstructions) "I immediately wanted to recommAnd this book to my patients. [It]will serve as a roadmap to help cancer patients to anticipatefeelings and stages of the coping process. It will help demystifythe complex and often baffling set of experiences on the uncertainpath of cancer survivorship." (Elisabeth Targ, M.D., GeraldineBrush Cancer Research Institute, California Pacific MedicalCenter) "Here's a book that finally tells the truth about living in limbo.For those who are surviving cancer, it provides validation,support, and guidance in coping with the threat of recurrence ... aprocess that stretches into the years following a cancer diagnosis.For families, friAnds, and health professionals, it eloquently andpowerfully portrays the emotional experience of life aftercancer--helping us to better understand, admire, and learn fromthose who have had to confront their mortality and are foreverchanged by this experience." (Andrew W. Kneier, Ph.D., clinicalpsychologist, UCSF/Mount Zion Cancer Center) "Dancing in Limbo leads readers through the dark morass of griefover so many losses to the new, positive identity of a survivor.The authors, Glenna and Lisa, quickly become companion travelers,offering wise counselor and helpful insights that guide the readerthrough what otherwise would remain an agonizing worry anddarkness." (Neil Fiore, Ph.D., author of The Road Back to Health:Coping with the Emotional Aspects of Cancer (1990))Table of ContentsBreaking the Silence. Waking Up in Limbo. Why Me? Taking the First Steps: Fears of Recurrence. Beginning to Dance: Grieving Our Losses. Side-Stepping the Dance: The Illusion of Control. Social Dancing After Cancer. Making Sense of Life.

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Book SynopsisChildhood traumas range widely in their severity and impact. A car accident, an earthquake or flood, being attacked by a dog, undergoing a frightening medical treatment?all are distinctly different events yet all provoke common symptoms of psychological trauma. These symptoms may include fearfulness, nightmares, and dramatic behavioral or personality changes. And parental anxiety over changes in a child can, in turn, complicate the healing process. Children and Trauma teaches parents and professionals about the effects of such ordeals on children and offers a blueprint for restoring a child''s sense of safety and balance. Cynthia Monahon, a child psychologist who specializes in the treatment of psychological trauma, offers hope and reassurance for parents. She suggests straightforward ways to help kids through tough times, and also describes in detail the warning signs that indicate a child needs professional help. Monahon helps adults understand psychological trauma from Trade Review"An invaluable guide for parents of the thousands of children traumatized each year by disasters, accidents, or violence." --Susan Kelley, R.N., Ph.D., Boston College School of Nursing "Parents reading this sensitive, comprehensive book will be well nourished . . . wrapped in a warm comforter, soothed, educated, and given the hope and practical advice they need to help their children and themselves cope with traumatizing experiences. Professionals will treasure this book." --Beverly James, author, Treating Traumatized Children "A practical, comprehensive, and authoritative guidebook. An essential reference for parents of traumatized children." --Charles Schaefer, Ph.D., cofounder, Association for Play Therapy "Cynthia Monahon has written a clear and comprehensive guide to understanding the emotional aftermath of childhood crises. This book is a must read for parents and other caregivers who live or work with children." --Marlene A. Young, Ph.D., J.D., executive director, National Organization for Victim AssistanceTable of ContentsUnderstanding the Experience of Trauma for a Child. Sources of Childhood Trauma. The Signs of Psychological Trauma. Factors Influencing Children's Reactions to Trauma. Trauma in the Family: Reactions to Trauma. The Healing Process: How Parents Can Help Their Child. Complications of Trauma; When Professional Help is Needed. Psychotherapy for Psychologically Traumatized Children. Afterword: Living With the Memeories.

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Book SynopsisDrawing from the latest medical research, Dr. Richard Furman helps readers understand dementia and Alzheimer's and shows them how to make lifestyle changes that can reduce the likelihood of developing these diseases.

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Book SynopsisHow Patients ThinkAt age twenty-one, Chloë Atkins began suffering from a mysterious illness, the symptoms of which rapidly worsened. Paralyzed for months at a time, she frequently required intubation and life support. She eventually became quadriplegic, dependent both on a wheelchair and on health professionals who refused to believe there was anything physically wrong with her. When test after test returned inconclusive results, Atkins''s doctors pronounced her symptoms psychosomatic. Atkins was told not only that she was going to die but also that this was her own fault; they concluded she was so emotionally deranged that she was willing her own death.My Imaginary Illness is the compelling story of Atkins''s decades-long battle with a disease deemed imaginary, her frustration with a succession of doctors and diagnoses, her immersion in the world of psychotherapy, and her excruciating physical and emotional journey back to wellness. As both a political theorist and paTrade Review"I met Chloë G. K. Atkins about fifteen years ago. What struck me about her at that time was that she was a leader: smart, courageous, and good humored. This book shows the same Chloë, but along with the context of the battle that she had to lead herself through. The word that comes screaming through every page of this story for me is humility—and how it is so desperately needed by physicians and other health workers who aspire to care for the sick. Every health care worker would be the better for reading Chloë's story."—Peter A. Singer, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FRSC, Professor of Medicine and Sun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics, University of Toronto"In this brave account of her severe experiences of illness, medical neglect, and sometimes outright mistreatment, Chloë G. K. Atkins tells a story that needs to be heard by all clinicians. Doctors and nurses today are expected to treat all of their patients empathetically, whether they like them or not. Yet over and over again we see patients with difficult-to-diagnose conditions, or other predicaments that frustrate clinicians, treated disdainfully. Just as justice is most necessary not when people agree but when they are subject to conflicts, skillful empathy is most necessary when clinicians have complicated, negative emotional reactions to patients. The aim in such cases is for the clinician to empathize with the patient's dilemma, rather than to wait until she can neatly diagnose the patient in order to show empathy. Atkins shows how powerfully therapeutic it was for her when caregivers grasped her dilemmas of daily living, from her own perspective."—Jodi Halpern, MD, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, author of From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice"Chloë G. K. Atkins's gripping book My Imaginary Illness shows scholars and laypersons alike how humiliating and degrading it is for persons with disabilities to routinely face the rampant discrimination that plagues the medical community and society at large. Her compelling narrative reveals how she sought and found her dignity and humanity, all while fighting and recovering from an illness that the medical community could not understand given the limits of biomedical science. In this unique book, Atkins convincingly pokes holes in the biomedical community’s ethical shortcomings and its empirical limitations by employing her own rigorous political theory lens. Doctors, patients, and students of political theory will all profit greatly from reading Atkins's book."—Ruth O'Brien, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York"Chloë G. K. Atkins's book is a must-read for all student and graduate nurses, physicians, medical sociologists, social workers, and all else who work in health care. It dramatically illustrates the dangers of a totalizing medical discourse that denies patients any control over their disease. All health care workers must learn multiple discourses of illness and treatment and respect the embodied experience of patients, eschewing any approach that shames and blames the patient."—Patricia Benner, RN, coauthor of Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical TransformationTable of ContentsForeword by Bonnie Blair O'Connor Introduction1 Beginnings 2 The Original Crisis 3 Facing Uncertainty 4 Ontological Apprehensions 5 Diagnosis: Conversion Reaction 6 Credo 7 More Paralysis and More Psychological Remedies 8 A Pyrrhic Victory 9 Becoming a Pariah 10 Fire! Fire! 11 Love in the Midst of Ruin 12 Grasping at a Diagnosis, Hoping for a Cure 13 The Crisis Deepens 14 Contemplating Hemlock 15 Icarus 16 A Crisis, American Style 17 GravyClinical Commentary by Brian David Hodges, MD Bibliography About the Authors Index

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Book SynopsisStuckey, Messiah College; Robyn Yale, Consultant to the Alzheimer's Association, San Francisco; Rosalie Young, Wayne State University School of Medicine.Trade ReviewThis is an amazing book! I was greatly moved by the very personal and intimate accounts of the difficulties and challenges presented by progressive memory loss. This book is critical for people newly diagnosed and their family and friends, and all of us who provide care to these families. -- Marquis D. ForemanPhDRN Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Five Star Review Harris has assembled in The Person with Alzheimer's Disease a collection of contributions rich in their insights about the lived experience of persons with AD... [It] compels us to focus on potential contributions, on the persistence of selfhood and human agency, and on how the voices of those with AD can teach us powerful and important lessons. -- Stephen J. CutlerPhD American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias If, like me, you believe that Alzheimer's is an illness people can live with rather than being a condition they die from, then this is the book for you. It has the potential to influence and change the experience of care by influencing and changing the practice of those who read it, who hear the voices of those involved with it and who reflect on the lessons which may be learned. -- Sean Page International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry This book values persons with dementia as contributing to expanding knowledge about dementia and about the meaning of living with dementia while, at the same time, it challenges the assumption that persons with dementia are empty shells and burdens to society... This book is essential reading for all health care providers and care partners who care for persons living with dementia throughout the entire journey, from diagnosis to receiving formal services. Educators, researchers, policy makers, and AD society staff and executive would also benefit greatly from reading this book... I believe this in-depth examination is important, since newer and deeper understandings of dementia, through the eyes of a person living with dementia, can transform practice and lift stigmas... This book provides an important contribution to the dementia literature, as it enriches our understanding of dementia from the perspective of the 'experts'-persons living with dementia. -- Christine Jonas-Simpson Canadian Journal on Aging It is a celebration of the spirit and the strengths of ordinary people who are faced with the challenges of AD (Alzeimher's disease) and other dementias. Ageing and Society 2003Table of ContentsContents: List of Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction - Phyllis Braudy Harris Prologue: Notes from The Crying Room - Gloria J. Stern Part 1: The Medical Experience 1 Testing Times: The Experience of Neuropsychological Assessment for People with Suspected Alzheimer's Disease - John Keady and Jane Gilliard 2 Medical Experiences and Concerns of People with Alzheimer's Disease - Rosalie F. Young Part 2: The Impact of the Diagnosis on Everyday Life 3 Living with the Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease - Alison Phinney 4 Making the Most of Everyday: Quality of Life - Rebecca G. Logsdon 5 Selfhood and Alzheimer's Disease - Steven R. Sabat 6 Social and Family Relationships: Establishing and Maintaining Connections - Lisa Snyder 7 Meaningful Communication throughout the Journey: Clinical Observations - Dorothy Seman 8 Connecting to the Spirit - Jon C. Stuckey 9 Building Resilience through Coping and Adapting - Phyllis Braudy Harris and Casey Part 3: Experiences with Fornal Services 10 The Experience of People with Dementia in Community Services - Charlie Murphy 11 Volunteerism: Contributions by Persons with Alzheimer's Disease - Jane Stansell 12 The Experience of Support Groups for Persons with Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease and Their Families - Robyn Yale and Lisa Snyder 13 The Person with Dementia and Artwork: Art Therapy - Kathleen Kahn-Denis 14 "I Can't Place This Place at All": The Nursing Home Experience - John Killick Index

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Book SynopsisThe cases are rich and engaging, and convey to the reader the intense disorder that can affect the lives of patients.Trade ReviewA wonderful addition to not only the HIV treatment and management literature but also to psychiatry and primary care as a model of dealing with co-morbid chronic mental and medical illness. Drs. Treisman and Angelino have a refreshing and forward-looking view of psychiatry and the importance of its contribution to the overall care of patients. -- John Claro Onate, BS, MD Doody's Book Review Service A passionate and thought-provoking book. -- George Harrison, M.D. Focus: A Guide to AIDS Research and Counseling This text is a valuable clinical guide for skillfully diagnosing HIV/AIDS patients with co-occurring psychiatric disorders and conveys a healthy and productive approach to treatment. Whether you are simply seeking more information about the treatment of HIV/AIDS patients or want to enhance the treatment of your current HIV/AIDS patients, this dynamic text offers great benefit and hope. -- Michael Copenhaver Addiction 2005 This book should be in every physician's library, since it is essential for clinicians to be knowledgable about this contemporary plague that will affect all of us either directly or indirectly... Both a basic primer and a superb reference for all psychiatrists and mental health professionals. -- Thomas N. Wise, M.D. Psychosomatics 2005 This is a gem of a book providing meaningful insights into the working of clinicians in a difficult area of general hospital psychiatry as well as serving as a textbook of AIDS psychiatry. -- Gopinath Ranjith International Review of Psychiatry 2005 Upbeat and optimistic, yet realistic and deeply human... This book is well worth reading... Informative, energizing, and inspiring. -- Marie-Josee Brouillette Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 2005 This is an important book, and it should be read by primary care physicians and psychiatrists alike. -- James J. Strain Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2006Table of ContentsForewordPrefaceQuotes From the ClinicChapter 1. Why AIDS Psychiatry?Case: Complicated Major DepressionChapter 2. HIV and Major DepressionCase: AIDS DementiaChapter 3. Other Psychiatric Diseases in the HIV Clinic Case: PsychosisChapter 4. Personality in the HIV ClinicCase: Personality Disorder and Chronic PainChapter 5. Substance Abuse and HIVCase: Substance Abuse and DepressionChapter 6. Sexual Problems and HIVCase: A CoupleChapter 7. Life Story Problems in the HIV Clinic Chapter 8. Special Problems: Hepatitis C and AdherenceChapter 9. How to Fight AIDSNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe cases are rich and engaging, and convey to the reader the intense disorder that can affect the lives of patients.Trade ReviewA wonderful addition to not only the HIV treatment and management literature but also to psychiatry and primary care as a model of dealing with co-morbid chronic mental and medical illness. Drs. Treisman and Angelino have a refreshing and forward-looking view of psychiatry and the importance of its contribution to the overall care of patients. -- John Claro Onate, BS, MD Doody's Book Review Service A passionate and thought-provoking book. -- George Harrison, M.D. Focus: A Guide to AIDS Research and Counseling This text is a valuable clinical guide for skillfully diagnosing HIV/AIDS patients with co-occurring psychiatric disorders and conveys a healthy and productive approach to treatment. Whether you are simply seeking more information about the treatment of HIV/AIDS patients or want to enhance the treatment of your current HIV/AIDS patients, this dynamic text offers great benefit and hope. -- Michael Copenhaver Addiction 2005 This book should be in every physician's library, since it is essential for clinicians to be knowledgable about this contemporary plague that will affect all of us either directly or indirectly... Both a basic primer and a superb reference for all psychiatrists and mental health professionals. -- Thomas N. Wise, M.D. Psychosomatics 2005 This is a gem of a book providing meaningful insights into the working of clinicians in a difficult area of general hospital psychiatry as well as serving as a textbook of AIDS psychiatry. -- Gopinath Ranjith International Review of Psychiatry 2005 Upbeat and optimistic, yet realistic and deeply human... This book is well worth reading... Informative, energizing, and inspiring. -- Marie-Josee Brouillette Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 2005 This is an important book, and it should be read by primary care physicians and psychiatrists alike. -- James J. Strain Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2006Table of ContentsForewordPrefaceQuotes From the ClinicChapter 1. Why AIDS Psychiatry?Case: Complicated Major DepressionChapter 2. HIV and Major DepressionCase: AIDS DementiaChapter 3. Other Psychiatric Diseases in the HIV Clinic Case: PsychosisChapter 4. Personality in the HIV ClinicCase: Personality Disorder and Chronic PainChapter 5. Substance Abuse and HIVCase: Substance Abuse and DepressionChapter 6. Sexual Problems and HIVCase: A CoupleChapter 7. Life Story Problems in the HIV Clinic Chapter 8. Special Problems: Hepatitis C and AdherenceChapter 9. How to Fight AIDSNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis medically up-to-date and compassionate book offers guidance not only to patients and their families but to healthcare professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, and physical and occupational therapists.Trade ReviewDr. Furney draws on her own experience and medical expertise to show that life can be lived to the fullest with MS. She covers psychological challenges, having children, handling a career, and staying healthy-all in a readable-over-a-cup-of-coffee kind of way. Unfailingly honest, Dr. Furney shows a very human aspect of the doctor-patient relationship. Momentum Magazine This is an excellent addition to the MS literature, offering hope to patients and helping to educate healthcare professionals about what it is really like being on the other side of the physician-patient encounter. -- Joseph I. Sirven Doody's Review Service 2009Table of ContentsSeries ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments Chapter 1. Being DiagnosedChapter 2. GrievingChapter 3. The Psychological Challenges of MSChapter 4. Facing the Needle: The MS MedicationsChapter 5. Whom Do I Tell and When?Chapter 6. Impact on Our JobsChapter 7. Having ChildrenChapter 8. Staying Healthy and FitChapter 9. Managing the Fatigue of Multiple SclerosisChapter 10. Could I Be Depressed?Chapter 11. You and Your DoctorChapter 12. Dealing with DisabilityChapter 13. Getting Involved with the MS CommunityChapter 14. Finding BalanceConclusionAppendix: The Facts About MSResourcesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisWhen Your Spouse Has a Stroke will relieve your burden and strengthen your partnership.Trade ReviewThis book is unique and clearly needed by many families of stroke survivors. -- Andreas R. Luft CardioPulse This book is a treasure that each caregiving spouse can mine for helpful suggestions and better ways of handling the kinds of issues we all face. -- Sandra M. Fowler PsycCRITIQUESTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologue: Setting the Stage for Life after StrokeIntroduction: When Stroke Moves In: How Stroke Affects You and Your Marriage1. The Secret Ingredient: Stroke and Social Support2. You Are the One: Balancing the Roles of Caregiver and Marriage Partner3. A Fine Romance: Sex and Intimacy after Stroke4. Give Me a Break: Support for the Caregiving Spouse5. In Sickness and in Health: Rebuilding Your Marriage after Stroke6. 'Til Death Do Us Part: Going the Distance with Your Spouse after StrokeEpilogue: From This Day On: The Future of CaregivingNotesResourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisAn injury to the brain can affect every aspect of a person's daily life, including physical abilities and psychological make-up, relationships and family roles, school and employment, recreation and leisure. At the hospital, you may hear a lot about brain injury but not realize the importance of what you've learned until you have to deal with the injured person at home. In this handy reference book, health-care and legal experts from Canada and the United States guide you through the process of rehabilitation and help you learn how to live with brain injury. The advice of these professionals is complemented by the stories of two people who have survived injuries and are adjusting to their new lives.

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Book SynopsisThere are no guidelines to follow once treatment for cancer finishes - no bridge from hospital to home. How do you discuss the variety of changes you are experiencing when you may not even know how to describe them? All you know is that you are confused and that you feel out of sync with yourself and with others. Picking Up the Pieces will guide you through this difficult time.Trade ReviewThis is a book of deep experience. The survivors' voices are wise and inspiring. The advice is practical, sensible, and supportive. Give it to anyone you know who has cancer. Buy it for yourself. -- James S. Gordon * author of Comprehensive Cancer Care: Integrating Complementary and Conventional *Picking Up the Pieces is a wonderful and important gift for cancer survivors. It is written by two highly skilled, deeply caring women with decades of experience assisting people to effectively navigate cancer and life's other great transitions. Filled with wisdom, heart, insight, and practical advice, this book will profoundly enrich and enhance the recovery process. -- Jeremy Geffen, M.D. * Medical Oncologist and author of The Journey Through Cancer: Healing and Transfo *This book is about the period after cancer diagnosis and treatment, described by survivors as “an in-between place, limbo, a weird nothingness, a neutral zone”, or the Void....Picking Up the Pieces is easy to read, practical, moving and insightful. I liked the way in which the authors provided doable strategies for living through this difficult period, wrote about challenges to making changes, and advanced counterarguments to help the reader move ahead. I strongly recommend this book as a resource for friends, family members and clients. -- Anita M. Unruh * Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter One So Where's the Party? Chapter Two Having New Eyes Chapter Three Laying Out the Pieces Chapter Four The Daily Practices Section I Finding the Four Corners: Inquiry Introduction: The Self Scans Chapter Five In Your Skin: Assessing Your Body Chapter Six What's on Your Mind: Assessing Your Thoughts and Emotions Chapter Seven Why Am I Here? Assessing Your Spirituality Chapter Eight Who Showed Up? Assessing Your Relationships Conclusion Section II Framing the Edges: Discovery Chapter Nine Doorways to Change Chapter Ten Four Approaches to Healing: Designing a Healing Plan Chapter Eleven Actualizing Your Healing Plan Chapter Twelve Exploring Possibility Chapter Thirteen Re-Evaluating Your Healing Plan Section III Working toward the Centre: Growth Chapter Fourteen Growth through Adversity Chapter Fifteen From Wounds to Wisdom Section IV Seeing the Whole Picture: Reflection Chapter Sixteen Living with Uncertainty Chapter Seventeen Don't Go Back to Sleep notes resources about the authors

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMen at Risk offers an incisive critique of several decades of HIV prevention programming that has largely rendered heterosexually-active men invisible to public health knowledge and practice.It wrestles candidly with the many conceptual, methodological, and political dilemmas of feminist work on masculinities.But, it also points to important successes and opportunities in gender-transformative and intersectional work with men and boys. Dworkins account of this terrain is thoroughgoing and expert, but also forceful and politically clear-eyed. -- Christopher J. Colvin,Senior Researcher in HIV/AIDS at the University of Cape Town, South AfricaA timely and evocative contribution to the growing literature globally on masculinity and HIV prevention. With a focus firmly on heterosexual mens practices and experiences, Men at Risk fills a major gap.A & must read for scholars of gender and sexuality in relation to HIV, and a valuable resource to inspire policy makers and program developers. -- Peter Aggleton,author of Education, Vulnerability, and HIV/AIDS

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Book SynopsisWritten with wisdom, genuine humor, and downtoearth observations, We Know How This Ends is far more than a memoir about life with ALS. It is a dignified, courageous, and unflinching look at how acceptance of loss and inevitable death can lead us all to a more meaningful and fulfilling life.Trade Review "Security and immortality are both superstitions; the best we can do is make an adventure of our lives. In this exquisite book, Bruce H. Kramer finds adventure in the most unlikely of places: the death sentence that is ALS. We Know How This Ends is a moving tale that teaches us more about living well than any self-help book ever can."—Dan Buettner, New York Times best-selling author of The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest "The revelatory journey that Bruce H. Kramer and Cathy Wurzer take us on is full of insight, wisdom, sorrow—and joy. This beautiful book should be required reading for all patients, caregivers, and clinicians to better understand that there can be growth and peace and exuberant life even while dying."—Jon Hallberg, M.D., University of Minnesota "As Bruce’s yoga teacher, student, and friend, I have witnessed the story behind this magnificent tale of becoming. I have watched his strength, his grace, and his willingness to love. Bruce’s prose is courageous and penetrating, elegant and unprecedented. This book will change your life."—Matthew Sanford, author of Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence "Bruce H. Kramer turns his diamond-hard diagnosis like a prism, reflecting light and joy in surprising places. We need to hear this story now. The honesty and clarity of Kramer and Cathy Wurzer invite us to consider how we live in the face of impending death or unwanted change."—Susan Allen Toth, author of No Saints around Here: A Caregiver’s Days "Yet what comes through most powerfully in Kramer's story is not the pain but the quiet surge of gratitude and joy he has discovered in confronting his imminent death."—Next Avenue, Twin Cities Public Television"Poetic and practical in embracing the inevitable."—MinnPost"Kramer is an excellent writer, a former college professor of education, spinning language in fascinating ways to make the reader stop and think, fell, and explore the profound lessons of a man facing death. He show great wisdom, and the lessons presented in his book apply to all."—Mainstay"We Know How This Ends is a hopeful book. And a serious, joyful, literate, nuanced, bracing and funny book."—The Huffington Post"There are so many true words of wisdom in this book. "—The Caregivers’ Living Room"Kramer is a powerful writer with a gift for crafting fresh descriptions, situations and emotions that are often reduced to clichés. He provides anyone with a terminal disease, and anyone caring for someone with one, with an eloquent guidebook on how to cope with eventual loss and embrace the days that are left."—The National Book Review"A gripping account."—Star TribuneTable of ContentsContentsPrologueCathy Wurzer1. Parallel Lives2. The Footman Snickers3. A House Built on Sand4. A Delicate Dance5. Disease and Dis Ease6. Faith, Part I: Fulfilling What Is Meant to Be7. The Tell8. It Isn’t Just about You9. The Gift10. Happy Anniversary11. Faith, Part II: It’s Your Choice12. Handbook for the Recently Dis Eased13. Time Traveling14. Tripping the Light Fantastic15. Killing the Buddha16. The Gravity of It All17. Ready to Fall18. The Metrics of Measurement19. A Death-Defining Feat20. The Non–Bucket List21. The Widening Gyre22. Faith, Part III: Wrestling with Angels23. Inside Out24. Dis Ease Yoga25. Faith, Part IV: What’s Love Got to Do with It?26. We Know How This EndsAcknowledgments

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Book SynopsisThis first extensive study of the practice of blood transfusion in Africa traces the history of one of the most important therapies in modern medicine from the period of colonial rule to independence and the AIDS epidemic.Trade Review“This is an impressive work.… The reader feels comfortable in the hands of a mature and competent expert who has followed the history of blood transfusion for years, and has indeed already contributed important articles on the subject.”“Motivated by the desire to contextualize the relationship between HIV/AIDS and blood transfusion in sub-Saharan Africa, Schneider seeks to historicize the policies and practices of giving and receiving blood in this region…. This book provides a thought-provoking introductory platform that will stimulate further studies.” * African Affairs *“With numerous charts and graphs, images and analysis of recruitment posters, and detailed national case studies (featuring the Belgian Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Senegal), this initial examination of blood transfusion in sub-Saharan Africa over the twentieth century is an important contribution to the history of global health as it intersects with the African past.” * International Journal of African Historical Studies *“The impact of transfusions in colonial Africa on the emergence of AIDS has not been told. Schneider’s book skillfully fills this void with his firsthand investigations of the history of transfusions in Africa. The book provides a new and critical framework for understanding how transfusing blood may have catapulted simian viruses from remote places in Africa to pandemic AIDS status.”“This impressive historical account renders an authoritative account of the the establishment of Transfusion Medicine in sub-Saharan Africa. This book should prove to be a valuable resource for many years to all those interested in the ongoing history of this specialty.”“This book is a background-primer that can give continuing guidance to changes still taking place in sub-Saharan Africa. Since blood transfusion is a part of so many other medical activities it is also valuable in providing understanding of how those [activities] developed in Africa.”

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Book SynopsisIn this interdisciplinary collection, experts provide the most complete description to date of the often ignored and underappreciated features of the history of the multiple human immunodeficiency viruses (HIVs) responsible for the global AIDS pandemic.Trade Review“The most comprehensive account yet published of HIV’s emergence and dispersal across the African continent, this richly detailed, multidisciplinary collection traces the varied origins of the multiple strains of HIV. This superb book adds new understanding to the ecological, medical, and sexual contexts within which AIDS epidemics first developed.” -- Shane Doyle, professor of African history, University of LeedsThe Histories of HIVs sets the tone for how collaborative science can and should tackle the emergent pandemics of our time. In combining epidemiology, virology, history, and anthropology, the contributors demonstrate powerfully how the origin and spread of epidemics can be uncovered: causes must not be isolated to viral fragments moving between simians and humans but should instead encompass the social and cultural history of the people whose lives and illnesses generated this history. Required reading for anyone interested in epidemic disease. -- Catherine E. Bolten, author of Serious Youth in Sierra Leone: An Ethnography of Performance and Global Connection“The Histories of HIVs provides a balanced examination of the emergence of HIV viruses. This impressive volume, which combines historical epidemiology and anthropology with the main achievements of virology and immunology, contributes to our understanding of the ways some HIV viruses provoked epidemics or became pandemic. The Histories of HIVs is a brilliant achievement that is a pleasure to read.” -- Kalala Ngalamulume, coeditor of Medicine and Health in Africa: Multidisciplinary Perspectives"Compared to conclusions based solely on biomedical/molecular analyses, this multidisciplinary approach offers a perspective not readily available through conventional epidemiologic paradigms. Adding another layer to ongoing investigations of the many mysteries surrounding HIV/AIDS, this multiauthored text highlights multiple potential pathways of viral spillover and continued transmission. Schneider … has edited an informative, well-written book that will be of considerable interest to students of epidemiology, infectious diseases, and the history of medicine. Highly recommended. * Choice *“I particularly admire the authors’ collective ability to distill such a breadth of interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research into language that is accessible to newcomers to the field, including undergraduate students. The methodical approach, the ways authors refer back and forth to each other’s work, and their fair-minded treatment of various claims including those that lack evidentiary support, build steam…. [For the ] many readers who have legitimate worries about the integrity of scientific research and Western health interventions in African history … the way authors acknowledge those concerns and take the time to walk us through critique and countercritiques will be profoundly eye-opening and likely convincing.” * International Journal of African Historical Studies *[T]his book makes a convincing argument that any history of HIV must account for the fact that this virus emerged multiple times, in multiple geographic locations, and from two different types of primates. * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *

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Book SynopsisIn this interdisciplinary collection, experts provide the most complete description to date of the often ignored and underappreciated features of the history of the multiple human immunodeficiency viruses (HIVs) responsible for the global AIDS pandemic.Trade Review“The most comprehensive account yet published of HIV’s emergence and dispersal across the African continent, this richly detailed, multidisciplinary collection traces the varied origins of the multiple strains of HIV. This superb book adds new understanding to the ecological, medical, and sexual contexts within which AIDS epidemics first developed.” -- Shane Doyle, professor of African history, University of LeedsThe Histories of HIVs sets the tone for how collaborative science can and should tackle the emergent pandemics of our time. In combining epidemiology, virology, history, and anthropology, the contributors demonstrate powerfully how the origin and spread of epidemics can be uncovered: causes must not be isolated to viral fragments moving between simians and humans but should instead encompass the social and cultural history of the people whose lives and illnesses generated this history. Required reading for anyone interested in epidemic disease. -- Catherine E. Bolten, author of Serious Youth in Sierra Leone: An Ethnography of Performance and Global Connection“The Histories of HIVs provides a balanced examination of the emergence of HIV viruses. This impressive volume, which combines historical epidemiology and anthropology with the main achievements of virology and immunology, contributes to our understanding of the ways some HIV viruses provoked epidemics or became pandemic. The Histories of HIVs is a brilliant achievement that is a pleasure to read.” -- Kalala Ngalamulume, coeditor of Medicine and Health in Africa: Multidisciplinary Perspectives"Compared to conclusions based solely on biomedical/molecular analyses, this multidisciplinary approach offers a perspective not readily available through conventional epidemiologic paradigms. Adding another layer to ongoing investigations of the many mysteries surrounding HIV/AIDS, this multiauthored text highlights multiple potential pathways of viral spillover and continued transmission. Schneider … has edited an informative, well-written book that will be of considerable interest to students of epidemiology, infectious diseases, and the history of medicine. Highly recommended. * Choice *“I particularly admire the authors’ collective ability to distill such a breadth of interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research into language that is accessible to newcomers to the field, including undergraduate students. The methodical approach, the ways authors refer back and forth to each other’s work, and their fair-minded treatment of various claims including those that lack evidentiary support, build steam…. [For the ] many readers who have legitimate worries about the integrity of scientific research and Western health interventions in African history … the way authors acknowledge those concerns and take the time to walk us through critique and countercritiques will be profoundly eye-opening and likely convincing.” * International Journal of African Historical Studies *[T]his book makes a convincing argument that any history of HIV must account for the fact that this virus emerged multiple times, in multiple geographic locations, and from two different types of primates. * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *

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Book SynopsisThe American public responded to the first cases of AIDS with fear and panic. This work offers an examination of how the nation attempted, with mixed results, to negotiate the fears and concerns brought on by the epidemic. It traces a slow separation between official advice and that provided by those on the front lines in the battle against AIDS.Trade Review“A book of life-and-death importance on the politics of safe-sex. I can think of few other books that contribute so significantly to both cultural criticism and, in every sense of the term, public health.”—Constance Penley, author of The Future of an Illusion and coeditor of Male Trouble“An urgent and important work. Once again, Patton’s usual brilliance is much in evidence—her irreverent and eclectic roving around different cultural and disciplinary domains, her perceptive readings of specific texts, her ear to various subcultural grounds, her wisdom based on personal history in the queer media and AIDS community movements.”—Thomas Waugh, author of The Fruit MachineTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 1. Around 1989 3 2. Between Innocence and Safety 35 3. The Erotics of Innocence 63 4. "The Only Weapon We Have . . ." 95 5. Visualizing Safe Sex 118 Conclusion: From Visibility to Insurrection: A Manifesto 139 Notes 157 Bibliography 171 Index 177

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Book SynopsisA cultural history and sociological critique of 20th century panic, from the Cold War to contemporary psychiatryTrade Review“Jackie Orr is one of sociology’s most inventive theorists. Here in Panic Diaries she is brilliantly interdisciplinary, joining social theory with rigorous historical research, feminist criticism, and science studies to give us a genealogy of panic from its invention in nineteenth-century social science to its late-twentieth-century medicalization as panic disorder. And more, all of this is cut through with autobiographic experimental writing that makes your heart beat faster—a first-hand experience of panic. A book to read, a book to teach.”—Patricia Ticineto Clough, author of Autoaffection: Unconscious Thought in the Age of Technology“Packed with original interpretations of historical material, textually innovative, and theoretically brilliant, this book is full of mind-blowing insights for anyone interested in the science and culture of panic.”—Emily Martin, author of The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction“Brilliantly inventive. . . . Though [Orr] makes a compelling argument about the manipulation of ‘panic’ by everyone, from transnational drug companies to the entire field of psychiatry, it’s her personal revelations that will cut right through you in this remarkable read.” -- Diane Anderson-Minshall * Curve *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Prologue 1 1. History, Memory, Story: Openings 3 2. The Martian in the Machine: Panic Theory and Theaters of War 33 3. “Keep Calm!” for the Cold War: Diary of a Mental Patient 79 4. Performing Methods: Cybernetics, Psychopharmacology, and Postwar Psychiatry 165 5. Panic Xanax: A Patient Diary 211 Epilogue 275 Notes 281 Bibliography 323 Index 347

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Book SynopsisFor more than twenty years Josie Méndez-Negrete has endured the emotional journey of watching her son Tito struggle with schizophrenia. Her powerful account is the first memoir by a Mexican American author to share the devastation and hope a family experiences in dealing with this mental illness.

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Book SynopsisThe Children of Africa Confront AIDS depicts the reality of how African children deal with the AIDS epidemic, and how the discourse of their vulnerability affects acts of coping and courage.Trade Review“A stellar contribution in the best tradition of applied social science while providing a bridgehead into the courageous world of the African orphan.” * Africa Today *

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Book SynopsisThis resource gives parents and families access to the authors' expertise so they can reach a meaningful understanding of their child's DSD and make informed decisions about their child's health.Trade ReviewThis is essential reading for any family that has a child with DSD. Nursing TimesTable of ContentsPreface1. An Introduction to DSDWhat is DSD?How are children with DSD identified?Did I cause my child to have DSD?Is my child a boy or a girl?Will my child grow up to be healthy and happy?2. What Type of DSD Does My Child Have?What is 46,XX DSD?What is 46,XY DSD?What other types of DSD are there?3. How Will My Newborn Baby Be Evaluated?How are different types of DSD identified?What testing is used to establish a diagnosis?How are these tests done?What will these tests tell me about my baby's condition?4. Gender Development in DSDWhat is gender?What is known about long-term gender development in people with DSD?5. Understanding and Weighing the Treatment OptionsWhat medical treatments are available for infants and children with DSD?What surgical treatments are available for infants and children with DSD?What are the pros and cons associated with these treatments?6. Educating Children about DSDIs my child healthy?Why does my child need all these doctors?Will my child grow up to look like other people?Will my child grow up to behave like other people?7. Long-term Health of People with DSDIs life expectancy different for people with DSD?Is my child at risk for other medical conditions because of DSD?How will hormone replacement affect long-term health?8. Challenges and Special CircumstancesShould I get a second opinion?What if I want to change doctors?What if I think my baby was assigned the wrong gender?What if my child thinks he or she was assigned the wrong gender?Should my child participate in a research study?9. Peer SupportWhat can peer-support groups offer?How do I find these groups?How can I start my own peer-support group?ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of A Woman's Guide to Living with HIV Infection includes the latest information on diagnosis and treatments as well as recent findings about pregnancy and HIV, starting treatments when you have HIV-related complications, liver health and hepatitis, and sexual health.Trade ReviewA wealth of information is included in a holistic, patient oriented format with helpful key questions prefacing each chapter and many supplemental, easy to understand tables and charts. Reference and Research Book NewsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Women and the HIV/AIDS EpidemicPart One: Adjusting to Life with HIV Infection1. Testing for HIV2. Finding a Primary Care Provider and Preparing for Your Visit3. HIV, the Immune System, and Monitoring TestsPart Two: Meeting the Challenge of HIV Infection4. Recognizing Symptoms and Preventing Complications5. Hepatitis and the Liver6. Treatments for HIVPart Three: Sexual and Gynecologic Health7. Protecting Yourself and Others8. Gynecologic Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases9. Human Papillomavirus Infections, Genital Warts, and Abnormal Pap SmearsPart Four: Reproduction10. Considering Pregnancy and Birth Control11. Pregnancy12. Menstrual PeriodsPart Five: Taking Care of Yourself: Special Considerations13. Breast Health, Bone Health, and Heart Health14. Alcohol Dependence, Drug Addiction, and Treatment15. Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse16. Managing Your Feelings17. Chronic Pain, Palliative Care, and Hospice18. Planning for the Future19. Research Studies and Clinical TrialsAppendix 1: Sample Tracking Sheet for Medications, Tests, and VaccinationsAppendix 2: Resources for People with HIVGlossaryKey ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of A Woman's Guide to Living with HIV Infection includes the latest information on diagnosis and treatments as well as recent findings about pregnancy and HIV, starting treatments when you have HIV-related complications, liver health and hepatitis, and sexual health.Trade ReviewA wealth of information is included in a holistic, patient oriented format with helpful key questions prefacing each chapter and many supplemental, easy to understand tables and charts. Reference and Research Book NewsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Women and the HIV/AIDS EpidemicPart One: Adjusting to Life with HIV Infection1. Testing for HIV2. Finding a Primary Care Provider and Preparing for Your Visit3. HIV, the Immune System, and Monitoring TestsPart Two: Meeting the Challenge of HIV Infection4. Recognizing Symptoms and Preventing Complications5. Hepatitis and the Liver6. Treatments for HIVPart Three: Sexual and Gynecologic Health7. Protecting Yourself and Others8. Gynecologic Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases9. Human Papillomavirus Infections, Genital Warts, and Abnormal Pap SmearsPart Four: Reproduction10. Considering Pregnancy and Birth Control11. Pregnancy12. Menstrual PeriodsPart Five: Taking Care of Yourself: Special Considerations13. Breast Health, Bone Health, and Heart Health14. Alcohol Dependence, Drug Addiction, and Treatment15. Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse16. Managing Your Feelings17. Chronic Pain, Palliative Care, and Hospice18. Planning for the Future19. Research Studies and Clinical TrialsAppendix 1: Sample Tracking Sheet for Medications, Tests, and VaccinationsAppendix 2: Resources for People with HIVGlossaryKey ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisParents, building on that foundation and acknowledging each person's contributions, interests, and aspirations, create an inclusive and resilient family.Trade ReviewThe authors show families how to be pragmatic and inclusive when solving problems and setting expectations. The real family stories and personal experiences of the authors, one of whom has such a disability, create an intimate and nonjudgmental tone with a degree of optimism that parents are likely to appreciate. A valuable resource for families looking for encouragement as they try to create an inclusive environment for their child with a physical disability. Library Journal I would highly recommend Just One of the Kids: Raising a Resilient Family When One of Your Children Has a Physical Disability as an addition to the library of any family that includes a child with a physical disability, as well as being a valuable resource to grandparents, extended family members, friends, and health care professionals who are part of this community. -- Sandra E. James Journal of Child and Family Studies This book is ideal for any parents or carers who are caring for children with physical disabilities. -- Emma Connolly Nursing TimesTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Raising Children—Resilient and Ready for AdulthoodPart I: In the BeginningThe Webers: A young family juggles the needs of twin boys, one with and one without a physical disability1. Getting the NewsThe Hamiltons: Raising teenagers in a blended family with humor, responsibility, and respect for differences2. Coming HomePart II: All in the FamilyThe Bowers: An athletic couple sort out what works for them in raising their only child, a serious student and accomplished wheelchair athlete3. Inclusive Parenting: Make It Work for YouThe Fishers: Parents working together to build family unity and protect their children while allowing them to take healthy risks4. Brothers and Sisters: Siblings Sharing Family Life with Physical Disability in the MixThe Brandons: A family devoted to faith, education, and unconditional love, inspired by Grandfather's example and bolstered by his support5. Grandparents: Seeing through a New LensPart III: Into the Wide WorldThe Sheridan-Wolfe Family: Two women build their family by adoptingchildren who have complex disabilities and helping them reach their potential6. Opening Doors to InclusionThe O'Briens: Parents working together to help their daughters develop individual talents, support one another, and practice their faith7. Letting One Dream Go to Let Another GrowResourcesNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisDrawing on medicine, social science, philosophy, and religion to provide a broad perspective on aging, Aging Together offers a vision of relationships filled with love, joy, and hope in the face of a condition that all too often elicits anxiety, hopelessness, and despair.Trade ReviewA serious, scholarly, and sensitive book. -- Mary Gergen PsycCRITIQUES This must-read volume will inspire the reader to contemplate the call to care for others with self-giving love. Highly recommended. Choice This is not a how-to handbook but a kindly and perhaps over-optimistic general discussion that will be of interest to caregivers, particularly Americans, and particularly those coming from a religious background. The rest of us can all gain something from it too, however... Aging Together reminds us that warmth and friendship can be maintained in trying situations. -- Martin Guha International Psychogeriatrics Readable and useful...Anyone who wants to teach, practise or encourage person-centred care for people with dementia will find a lot in this book. -- Ibadete Fetahu Nursing Times This is not just a book about ageing, dementia, and friendship; it is a book that will take the reader on a journey that will, hopefully, leave them in a better place than where they started... An excellent account of travelling along the dementia road. -- Kathryn Mitchell Ageing and Society A compelling call to arms for a more caring, related society-a flourishing community-from which all can benefit, and in which all have a part to play. -- Justine McGovern LMSW Journal of Gerontological Social Work Aging Together offers a prophetic perspective by challenging our socially constructed versions of reality and our tendency to look for medical miracles and cures. Instead we should work to create communities that are hospitable to the cognitively impaired. -- Anthony B. Robinson Christian CenturyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Dilemmas of Dementia Diagnoses2. Receiving the Diagnosis3. Personhood4. What Is Friendship?5. When Our Friends Travel the Dementia Road6. Dementia Fear and Anxiety7. Beyond Fear and Anxiety8. The Flourishing Community9. Congregations as Schools for Friendship10. The Things That Abide11. Practicing Friendship in the "Thin Places"12. Memory, Forgetting, and the Present TimeDiscussion QuestionsNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe book includes suggestions for further reading, including the latest material available online.Trade ReviewHighly recommended for any patient or family member seeking a clear health book with the latest facts. Midwest Book Review Reading [ Living with Lymphoma] is an enlightening experience and all nurses caring for lymphoma patients should ensure it is on their reading list. Nursing Standard I strongly recommend this book for relatives and friends with a diagnosis of cancer. Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsForeword, by W. Jeffrey Baker, MDPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionIntroduction, by Michael R. Bishop, MDPart I1. What Is Lymphoma?2. Symptoms and DiagnosisPart II3. Chemotherapy4. Radiation Therapy and Surgery5. Monoclonal Antibodies and Other Magic Bullet Therapies6. Stem Cell Transplants7. Unconventional Therapies8. SurvivorshipPart III9. Basic Cell Biology and Cancer10. The Immune System11. Lymphoma Classification and Staging12. Possible Causes of LymphomaAfterwordAcknowledgmentsGlossaryIndex

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