Living Better Every Patient's Guide to Living With Illness

This is an empowering, practical guide for 90 million Americans living with chronic, life-changing illness. Presents a practical approach to understanding & using the mind-body-spirit connection. Informs, equips & encourages readers, showing them how to take charge of their lives & their health care to live full & meaningful lives despite their illness. Readers will learn: 1. How to work with doctors & make the best of hospital stays; 2. How to cope with the stress of illness; 3. Down-to-earth approaches to care for self; 4. Practical understanding of the mind-body-spirit connection; 6. Attitudes that can promote healing; 7. Suggestions for nuturing self. Authors Carol & Doug Langenfield believe that people can live full & meaningful lives even if their bodies cannot get well. They know because they live with chronic illness. Both have experienced the healthcare system as patients & professionals. Doug has an M.B.A. & has worked as management consultant to hospitals for over 20 years. Carol is a Professional Counselor with a M.S.Ed. in Counseling. Carol has scleroderma, a connective tissue, autoimmune disease, which as caused irreparable damage to her heart & lungs & digestive system. Doug has a pituitary tumor & acromegaly.Langenfeld, Carol J. is the author of 'Living Better Every Patient's Guide to Living With Illness', published 2000 under ISBN 9780970154514 and ISBN 0970154518.