num_pages: 220
description: BEYOND MEDICINE is the first major book about ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) written for patients, families and medical professionals with input from patients themselves.ARDS effects over 150,000 individuals annually with a mortality rate of 30-50% or higher. ARDS Patients and their families will find information and consolation in the stories of other patients with similar problems. Physicians, nurses and other medical professionals will get a patient-family perspective that they may have missed by focusing on the disease rather than on the person with the disease.BEYOND MEDICINE comes in an era of "Evidence-based Medicine" and protocol- based patient care. This engaging book reminds us to remember and use the healing forces of Love &amp; Prayer, Touch &amp; Humor, Music &amp; Pets. Each of these elements of healing can be helpful in critical illnesses such as ARDS, as illustrated by the stories in this book. Chapters on each element go into depth on that topic.
title: Beyond Medicine: Based on a Doctor's Personal Experiences Suffering with ARDS
publisher: Books to Believe in