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Life with Chronic Illness Social and Psychological Dimensions
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Ariela Royer
ISBN: 0-275-96123-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96123-7
232 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 8/30/1998
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £76.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Many healthcare professionals are focusing their concerns on controlling symptoms and minimizing physical distress while failing to deal with the social and psychological factors related to living with long-term chronic illness. Ariela Royer makes an important contribution to the study of health and illness behavior by showing the various strategies chronically ill people use to manage their symptoms and overcome the consequences of their particular illness, so they can live the most normal life possible and maintain their self-esteem.

In spite of a popular belief linking chronic illness mainly to aging, most chronic problems extend across the life span. One of every seven men and one of every eight women between the ages of 17 and 44 are limited in their major activity, their ability to work, keep house or go to school, because of a chronic condition. At ages 65 and over, nearly three-fifths of men and two-fifths of women are handicapped. Dr. Royer shows various strategies the chronically ill may use to live with the uncertainty inherent in chronic illness. She also discusses how one might try to overcome or to minimize the salient social consequences of chronic illness, such as stigma and social isolation, in order to get on with their lives.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Chronic Illness: An Overview
    Characteristics and Consequences of Chronic Illness
    Uncertainty: A Key Characteristic of Chronic Illness
    Stigma of Chronic Illness
    Social Isolation: A Major Consequence
    Managing Chronic Illness: Adaptation
    Adaptation as Distinguished from Coping
    Factors Influencing Adaptation
    Living with Chronic Illness: Normalization
    Factors Affecting Normalization
    Behavioral Strategies of Normalization
    Cognitive Strategies of Normalization
    Crucial Dilemma for Chronically Ill Persons
    Struggle for Identity
    Needed Changes for Healthcare
    References
    Index
About the Author: ARIELA ROYER is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Indiana University South Bend. /e
LCC Class: 616
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