Coping with chronic illness
Subtitle: overcoming powerlessness
By: Judith Fitzgerald Miller
Edition: Ed. 3
Publisher: F.A. Davis
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 573
Subjects: Chronic diseases -- Nursing; Chronic diseases -- Psychological aspects; Control (Psychology) -- Health aspects
Genres: Nursing; Psychological aspects; Health aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. Current status; title: Ch. 1. Client power resources; title: Ch. 2. Analysis of coping with illness; title: Ch. 3. Development of the concept of powerlessness: a nursing diagnosis; title: Pt. II. Vulnerabilities across the life span; title: Ch. 4. Stress and coping: psychoneuroimmunology; title: Ch. 5. Chronic sorrow in long-term illness across the life span; title: Ch. 6. Courage in young adults with long-term health concerns; title: Ch. 7. Middlescent obese women: overcoming powerlessness; title: Ch. 8. Powerlessness in elderly persons: preventing hopelessness; title: Pt. III. Coping with specific chronic health problems; title: Ch. 9. Powerlessness in persons with end-stage renal disease; title: Ch. 10. Profiles of locus of control and coping in persons with peripheral vascular disease; title: Ch. 11. Energy deficits in chronically ill persons with arthritis: fatigue; title: Ch. 12. Adjustment, coping resources, and care of the client with multiple sclerosis; title: Ch. 13. Coping with chronic lung disease: maintaining quality of life; title: Ch. 14. Empowering persons affected by acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; title: Pt. IV. Selected nursing strategies; title: Ch. 15. Literature: a dimension of nursing therapeutics; title: Ch. 16. Imagery as a means of coping; title: Ch. 17. Facilitating behavior change in chronically ill persons; title: Ch. 18. Enhancing self-esteem; title: Ch. 19. Inspiring hope