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Living a healthy life with chronic conditions : self-management of heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, depression, asthma, bronchitis, emphysema and other physical and mental health conditions / Kate Lorig, DrPH, Halsted Holman, MD, David Sobel, MD, MPH, Diana Laurent, MPH, Virginia Gonzìlez, MPH, Marian Minor, RPT, PhD.

by Lorig, Kate.

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Boulder, Colorado : Bull Publishing Company, c2013.

Chronic diseases -- Popular works.

Medicine, Popular.

9781936693498 (alk. paper)

1936693496 (alk. paper)

vii, 368 pages : ill. ; 28 cm

4th ed. ; Canadian ed. / content by Patrick McGowan and Trude Labossiere Huebner ; edited by Trude Labossiere Huebner.

Overview of self-management -- Becoming an active self-manager -- Finding resources -- Understanding and managing common symptoms -- Using your mind to manage symptoms -- Exercise and physical activity for every body -- Exercising for flexibility, strength, and balance: making life easier -- Exercising for endurance: aerobic activities -- Communicating with family, friends, and health care professionals -- Sex and intimacy -- Health eating -- Healthy weight management -- Managing your medicines -- Making treatment decisions -- Managing chronic lung disease -- Managing heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke -- Managing chronic arthritis and osteoporosis -- Managing diabetes -- Planning for the future: fears and reality.

People with chronic health conditions lives most of their lives outside of hospitals and clinics. This book is designed to help them learn the information and skills to manage chronic conditions on a daily basis while doing thing things they need and want to do.

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