This book helps make understandable what you can and should do for your loved one. With sections about important questions to ask the doctor, what to expect from treatment and when, and how to help with long-term management issues, readers can help their loved ones to and through treatment. What distinguishes this book from other resources is its focus on the caregiver as a person with issues that stem from the illness but are different from those of afflicted persons. It provides information about what one needs to do for hirself to survive this illness. Ms. Sheffield draws upon the experiences of a support group specially for friends and family.
Readers benefit from the experiences of the group's members.
Ms. Sheffield's book is available and a very useful resource. Inc. Reproduction is permitted, with proper reference to source.