Throughout, the authors explore how medical science restores bones, tendons, nerves, muscles, and blood vessels in hands injured through disease, accident, and combat-ever aware of how the form and function of the human hand combine harmoniously in everyday activities and Herculean efforts alike.
Wherever they are in their own journey with cancer, readers will find here a personal, practical, and powerful guide to recovery.
Noonan's patient-oriented Managing Your Depression is an invaluable handbook for readers navigating and working to improve the depression of someone close to them.
Wiesman provides hope, help, and comfort to patients, families, and caregivers.
Enhanced with patient stories and rounded out by a glossary of terms and an appendix describing home exercises, this is the go-to book for anyone who struggles with dizziness.
By identifying aspects of the individual's qualities, behaviors, and experiences that may account for poor response to treatment, Still Down points the way for people with TRD and their families to find appropriate diagnoses and the best possible care.
It is of enormous value to the layperson, hungry for knowledge about how best to interact and help their loved one face the dreadful ravages of depression."-Nursing Times
Combining the science of emotional trauma with concrete psychological techniques- including dream interpretation, journaling, mindfulness exercises, and meditation-Shulman's frank and empathetic account will help readers regain their emotional balance by navigating the passage from profound sorrow to healing and growth.
Kleinhenz, MD, Scott Ritterman, MD, Lee E. Rubin, MD
Kleinhenz, MD, Scott Ritterman, MD, Lee E. Rubin, MD
Authoritative, comprehensive, holistic, and highly illustrated, The Caregiver's Encyclopedia will help you figure out how to be the best caregiver you can be.
An epilogue by Nancy Norton, founder of the International Foundation for Bowel Dysfunction, describes the personal challenge of living with fecal incontinence and explains how she and many others have found the courage to cope with the problem and live life to the fullest.
Hauer offers hope and practical coping strategies in equal measure.
"Accompanied by updated references and resources, the sixth edition of The Guide to Living with HIV Infection offers new hope for people living with a virus that once left no hope at all.
Forthright, compassionate, and practical, this guide is a trusted source of advice for anyone who is sexually active.
This book is useful for anyone who may find that they are drinking too much, for the loved ones of such people, and for clinicians who want to broaden their skills when working with people who struggle with alcohol.
Useful for everyone, including general medical professionals who want to learn more about the health of the eyes, this up-to-date, in-depth, and authoritative book will serve as a users' manual for the eyes and help promote better vision for a brighter tomorrow.
"The author details a plan for helping individuals who have a mental health issue flourish in their lives"--
The 36-Hour Day is the definitive dementia care guide.
Packed with information, this compassionate guide is the most up-to-date book available.
Weight Loss for Life is the guide to the science and art of achieving and maintaining a healthful weight.
You'll read stories about other caregivers who face the same struggles.
Providing answers to common questions, definitions of complex medical terms, and lists of helpful resources, this book also: touches on expected, age-related changes in communication, memory, swallowing, and hearing abilities, to name a few; offers practical strategies for caregivers to cope with speech, language, and voice problems and to maximize their loved one's ability to communicate; reveals how caregivers can assist their loved ones with swallowing challenges to maintain good nutrition and hydration; provides crucial information on how caregivers can handle grief and take care of themselves during the caregiving process; explains how to incorporate the arts, as well as a loved one's hobbies and interests, into their communication or memory recoveryThis comprehensive book will allow readers to take a more informed and active role in their loved one's care.Contributors: Marissa Barrera, Frederick DiCarlo, Lea Kaploun, Elizabeth Roberts, Teresa Signorelli Pisano
Providing answers to common questions, definitions of complex medical terms, and lists of helpful resources, this book also: touches on expected, age-related changes in communication, memory, swallowing, and hearing abilities, to name a few; offers practical strategies for caregivers to cope with speech, language, and voice problems and to maximize their loved one's ability to communicate; reveals how caregivers can assist their loved ones with swallowing challenges to maintain good nutrition and hydration; provides crucial information on how caregivers can handle grief and take care of themselves during the caregiving process; explains how to incorporate the arts, as well as a loved one's hobbies and interests, into their communication or memory recoveryThis comprehensive book will allow readers to take a more informed and active role in their loved one's care.Contributors: Marissa Barrera, Frederick DiCarlo, Lea Kaploun, Elizabeth Roberts, Teresa Signorelli Pisano
This is the most authoritative and accessible allergy book on the market.
Providing up-to-date, evidence-based content that covers more than just medications, COPD gives you the tools you need to keep active-and thrive.
This practical guide helps people navigate the important but often intimidating process of thinking about, and planning for, an uncertain future.
This valuable resource will help patients and their families make some of the most important health care decisions they will ever face.
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