Life with chronic illness: social and psychological dimensions
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 the popular belief linking chronic illness mainly to aging, most chronic problems extend across the life span. The author 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. |
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Preface |
ix. |
Acknowledgments |
xv. |
Introduction: Chronic Illness: An Overview |
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1. Uncertainty: A Key Characteristic of Chronic Illness |
41. |
2. The Stigma of Chronic Illness |
53. |
3. Social Isolation: A Major Consequence |
65. |
Part II. Managing Chronic Illness: Adaptation |
75. |
4. Adaptation as Distinguished from Coping |
81. |
5. Factors Influencing Adaptation |
85. |
Part III. Living with Chronic Illness: Normalization |
101. |
6. Factors Affecting Normalization |
111. |
7. Behavioral Strategies of Normalization |
121. |
8. Cognitive Strategies of Normalization |
131. |
Part IV. Crucial Dilemma for Chronically Ill Persons |
145. |
9. The Struggle for Identity: Lessons from the Chronically Ill |
157. |
10. Needed Changes for Health Care
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167. |
Bibliography |
177. |
Index |
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