Living with Chronic Illness: The Experience of Patients and Their Families

First published in 1988, Living with Chronic Illness presents a vivid account of the reality of life with chronic illness ­– from the perspective of patients and their families. The authors look at the expectations, priorities, and problems of those most affected by chronic illness, and examine the strategies they have developed to cope with their considerable disadvantages. The experience of carers, the ways in which their problems change over time, are also major themes in the book.

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