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Life with Chronic Illness Social and Psychological Dimensions
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Ariela Royer
Book Code: C6123
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: £65.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This highly readable book captures the personal experience of chronic illness while effectively weaving important theoretical constructs throughout. Royer tells the story well and leads the reader to a greater understanding of the important research that frames this topic....Recommended.
    —Choice
  • Royer's book is refreshing for taking us outside our professionalism. I liked it so much that I read it twice....I strongly recommend this book to the mental health community.
    —The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
  • Her study is widely documented and the book is strongly structured. Yet, she succeeds in conveying the simple and ongoing feeling that life is indeed her one concern. This is why this piece of research could and should be recommended not only to all health care providers, but also to the people who live with chronic illness, and to their families.
    —Social Science & Medicine
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
LC Card Number: 98-11133
LCC Class: RA644
Dewey Class: 616
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