Chronic Illness

1. Living with Chronic Illness  (site info) Advise on adjustments to patients, and short comment on hope. http://aces_autoimmune.tripod.com/copingb.htm 2. Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease  (site info) Discusses outcome of patient self management program. Education and lifestyle changes improve health, preserve functions and reduce costs. Also in PDF (published in 2002). http://www.ahcpr.gov/research/elderdis.htm 3. Coping with Chronic Illness Stages  (site info) Paper discusses illness as a process with stages: crisis, isolation, anger, reconstruction, intermittent depression, and renewal. Advice on how to deal with new situation. Adapted from "After The Diagnosis" by Dr. JoAnn LeMaistre http://www.alpineguild.com/COPING%20WITH%20CHRONIC... 4. Coping with Chronic Illness - for Counselors  (site info) Explanation of defense mechanisms or coping styles to counselors of patients. http://www.brandeis.edu/pcc/coping.html 5. Chronic Disease Requires Doctor - Patient Relationship  (site info) Advise for doctors and health workers on treatment and support chronic ill patients. http://www.buchholzmedgroup.com/articles/PDF/Chron... 1-5 of 27. Next »