Health Promotion and Chronic Illness

Fülszöveg

For people with chronic
illness, the concept of health
promotion is still in its infancy.
What is it that enables some
people to cope better than
others ? What kinds of
supportive environments
and personal skills make it
possible for some individuals and some families to deal with
severe health problems more easily than others ?
The collection of texts presented in this book explore answers
to these questions and many others. They provide an overview
and a scientific evaluation (with 533 bibliographic references)
of some chronic conditions common to all industrialized
countries: cancers, myocardial infarction and chronic pain.
The book takes stock of medical progress and practice, yet
goes much further in exploring new avenues to health. The
authors give many examples of ways to enhance the well-
being of those who have to live with chronic health problems.
This book is essential reading for the entire range of groups
working to reshape personal and public... Tovább

Fülszöveg

For people with chronic
illness, the concept of health
promotion is still in its infancy.
What is it that enables some
people to cope better than
others ? What kinds of
supportive environments
and personal skills make it
possible for some individuals and some families to deal with
severe health problems more easily than others ?
The collection of texts presented in this book explore answers
to these questions and many others. They provide an overview
and a scientific evaluation (with 533 bibliographic references)
of some chronic conditions common to all industrialized
countries: cancers, myocardial infarction and chronic pain.
The book takes stock of medical progress and practice, yet
goes much further in exploring new avenues to health. The
authors give many examples of ways to enhance the well-
being of those who have to live with chronic health problems.
This book is essential reading for the entire range of groups
working to reshape personal and public health in respect of
chronic conditions. It may, for example, lead politicians to
wonder about the wisdom of current policies on funding
spectacular biomedical research projects, and stimulate them
instead to consider providing stronger support to innovative
and complementary approaches. Health planners and public
health managers may derive many good ideas and concrete
advice for the changes that need to be made in the current
provision of health services and in their links with other
public sectors. Doctors and other health professionals will
find a wealth of reliable data and advice with which to
answer their patients' questions more appropriately and
more extensively. Self-help initiatives can also benefit from
the experience of others, and may find new opportunities
to expand their networks.
Above all, this book attempts to inform interested consumers
about the many possibilities that are available for actively
transcending the often devastating knowledge of having to
live with the uncertainties of a chronic disease.
HEALTH
PROMOTION
AND
CHRONIC
ILLNESS Vissza