(Self-Management of Long-Term Health Conditions (3rd Edition)) [By: Dr Kate Lorig] [Mar, 2014]

by Kate Lorig

Filled with hundreds of tips, helpful suggestions, and strategies to deal with chronic illness, to manage emotions, and to live a productive life, this work includes suggestions for setting goals, making decisions, and finding resources and support. It also offers information about exercise, healthy eating, and intimacy and sex.

Genres: Self Help, Health, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published November 12, 2007

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was nhs issued for me on a program they were running and it has been super useful as something to look back on when needed. thank you!

[Claire Reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was given this book when I attended the Expert Patient Programme earlier this year. Full of information on how to manage when you have a long-term health condition that can be used for a large variety of conditions. Really useful.

[ReadsSometimes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Self-Management of Long-Term Health Conditions: A Handbook for People with Chronic Disease is filled with hundreds of proven tips, helpful suggestions, and concrete strategies to deal with chronic illness, to manage emotions, and to live a productive life. Here you'll find suggestions for setting goals, making decisions and finding resources and support. It offers sound information about exercise, healthy eating, intimacy and sex, and communication with friends, family, and caregivers. There is also information on managing medications and an important new chapter on making treatment decisions. Originally based on a 5-year study conducted at Stanford University and modified in 2007 for the U.K., this work has grown to include the feedback of medical professionals and people with chronic conditions all over the world. Self-management of Chronic Disease has helped thousands of people with chronic illness fulfill their greatest possible physical potential and to once again derive pleasure from life. Its simple goal is to help anyone with a chronic illness to live a productive, healthy life.


I didn't read the entirety of this book, but mainly issues that relate to me. It's an extensive and rich source of information relating to many health conditions and related issues. It covers a vast range of aspects that helps enable people with health issues to make their own choices.

Very easy to read and understand and set out very clearly.

This will be a reference book that I will keep and return to when needed.

Extremely informative! 5*

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolutely phenominal aggregation of very useful and medically proven advice on how to deal with long-term health conditions.

I personally have two long-term health conditions, severe mental-health related, and cancer, and this book is absolutely recommended by me to anyone who suffers from long-term health conditions.

The advice in it is sound, and I wish I had properly read it and digested it years ago, instead of having to go the long route of reading a bunch of other sources and finding out myself through trial and error.

This should be given free under the NHS to any intelligent person who has a long-term health condition.