Multiple Sclerosis : The Questions You Have-The Answers You Need.
Title:
Multiple Sclerosis : The Questions You Have-The Answers You Need.
Author:
Kalb, Rosalind.
ISBN:
9781617050763
Personal Author:
Edition:
5th ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (430 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Note to the Reader -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- PART I: MS: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? -- 1. What Should I Know About This Book? -- 2. Multiple Sclerosis: An Introduction to the Disease -- THE DISEASE PROCESS -- THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS -- THE DISEASE COURSE AND PROGNOSIS -- FINDING THE RIGHT DOCTOR -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- 3. The Epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis-Who Gets MS and Why? -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- 4. Symptom Management at a Glance -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- PART II: HOW IS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TREATED? -- 5. How Multiple Sclerosis Treatments Are Developed -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- 6. Considering Options for Managing Relapses and the Disease Course -- MANAGEMENT OF RELAPSES -- MANAGING THE DISEASE COURSE -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- 7. Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- 8. Partnering with an MS Nurse to Enhance Wellness: Key Management Concepts -- BLADDER FUNCTION -- BOWEL FUNCTION -- SKIN CARE -- PROMOTING GENERAL WELLNESS -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- 9. The Role of Physical Therapy: Strategies to Enhance Mobility and Safety and Conserve Energy -- EVALUATION -- THE ROLE OF EXERCISE -- WALKING AND MOBILITY AIDS -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- 10. The Role of Occupational Therapy: Strategies to Enhance Independence and Productivity at Home and at Work -- HAND FUNCTION -- FATIGUE -- BATHROOM SAFETY AND PERSONAL HYGIENE -- MOBILITY -- HOME CHORES -- HOME ACCESS -- COMMUNICATION -- DRIVING -- CHILD CARE -- COMPUTERS -- SUMMARY -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- 11. How MS Affects Sexuality and Intimacy -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES.
12. Speech and Voice Problems: Assessment and Management -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- 13. Swallowing Problems: Assessment and Management -- STAGE ONE-ORAL PREPARATION -- STAGE TWO-ORAL STAGE -- STAGE THREE-PHARYNGEAL STAGE -- STAGE FOUR-ESOPHAGEAL STAGE -- WHAT IS DYSPHAGIA? -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- 14. Cognitive Challenges: Assessment and Management -- TYPES OF COGNITIVE CHANGES THAT CAN OCCUR IN MS -- RELATIONSHIP TO DISEASE DURATION AND SEVERITY -- CAUSES OF MS-RELATED COGNITIVE CHANGES -- COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT -- TREATMENT -- ASSESSMENT -- TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- PART III: HOW DO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES COPE WITH THE CHALLENGES OF MS? -- 15. Coping and Adaptation: Making a Place for MS in Your Life -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- 16. Emotional Changes and the Role of Stress -- EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF MS -- STRESS AND MS -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- 17. How Multiple Sclerosis Affects the Family -- IMPACT ON FAMILY LIFE -- PARENTING -- THE CAREGIVING EXPERIENCE -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- 18. Fertility, Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Gynecologic Care -- FAMILY PLANNING AND FERTILITY -- PREGNANCY, LABOR, AND DELIVERY -- POSTPARTUM AND BEYOND -- GYNECOLOGIC CARE -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED NEWSLETTERS -- 19. Children Get MS, Too -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- PART IV: WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDED FINANCIAL AND LIFE PLANNING STRATEGIES? -- 20. Maximizing Employment Options -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- 21. Managing the Insurance Maze -- HEALTH INSURANCE -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- 22. Thinking Proactively About Long-Term Care -- HOME CARE -- ADULT DAY CARE -- HOUSING OPTIONS -- CAREGIVER ISSUES -- NURSING HOME CARE -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES.
RECOMMENDED WEB SITES -- 23. Effective Life Planning Begins Now -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES-FEDERAL HEALTH CARE REFORM -- RECOMMENDED RESOURCES-GENERAL -- Appendix A: Glossary -- Appendix B: Medications Commonly Used in MS -- Appendix C: Additional Readings -- Appendix D: Resources -- Index -- Backcover.
Abstract:
Multiple Sclerosis: The Questions You Have, The Answers You Need, 5th Edition is the definitive guide for everyone concerned with the disease - those who have MS and those who share their lives with someone who has it. It covers a wide range of topics in an accessible question and answer format that allows people to easily find the information they need while providing a model of successful communication with healthcare providers. The contributors are leading authorities in all areas of multiple sclerosis management, who proffer expert answers to the most common questions about living with MS-medical, emotional, social, and economic - and represents a interdisciplinary approach to the disease. The book's goal is to help those living with MS live the lives they aspire to lead. The chapters cover everything from treatment to emotional, sexual, and employment issues. The new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated throughout. The book provides the most current information on multiple sclerosis including a review of the controversy surrounding CCVSI, discussion of the first two pills in development for the disease, new information on the drug Tysabri, emotional issues, and the family. The thoroughly revised and updated fi fth edition of the classic Multiple Sclerosis: The QuestionsYou Have, The Answers You Need answers even more of your questions about how to live andthrive with MS.: What are the current drug therapies for MS?; What about alternative medicine?; Should I exercise?; How common is depression with MS? ;. Part I MS: What's it all about? , What Should I Know About this Book?, MS: An Introduction to the Disease, Who Gets MS and Why?, Symptom Management at a Glance, Part II: How is MS Treated? , How MS Treatments are Developed, Considering the Options for Managing Relapses and the Disease Course, Looking at Complementary and
Alternative Medicine, The Role of Physical Therapy: Strategies to Enhance Independence and Productivity at Home and at Work, The Role of Occupational Therapy: Strategies to Enhance Independence and Productivity at Home and at Work, How MS Affects Sexuality and Intimacy, Speech and Voice Problems: Assessing and Managing, Swallowing Problems, Cognitive Challenges, Part III: How Do Individuals and Families Cope with the Challenge of MS? , Coping and Adaptation: Making a Place for MS in Your Life, Emotional Changes and the Role of Stress, How MS Affects the Family, Fertility, Pregnancy, Childbirth and Gynecologic Care, Children Get MS Too, Part IV: What Are the Recommended Financial and Life Planning Strategies? , Maximizing Employment Options, Managing the Insurance Maze, Thinking Proactively About Long-Term Care, Effective Life Planning Begins Now, Appendixes, Glossary, NMSS Disease Management Consensus Statement, Additional Readings, Recommended Resources ;"A most worthwhile resource for people with MS, their families and caregivers, and the medical and other support staff who work with them. Highly recommended."-Library Journal 11/1/2011. "In this comprehensive new edition, Dr. Kalb and colleagues have successfully blended together the expertise of professionals with real-life examples that bear witness to the realities of life with MS. If you could have only one resource for MS information, this is the one. Every professional who works in the field of MS as well as people with MS and their families would benefit from the critical questions posed in this book and the cogent answers provided."-Peggy Crawford, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati Medical School. " I have recommended this book to my patients since its first edition because it is an extremely comprehensive reference for people no matter what
stage they are in on their journey with MS. There is comfort in knowing others have asked similar questions to those they have and that answers are available that are straightforward and understandable this edition catches up to new information and ways to manage the disease but retains the basics about how to live with the disease and move forward."-Patricia Kenney, RN, CNP, MSCN, Editor of the forthcoming The Can Do Multiple Sclerosis Guide to Lifestyle Empowerment. Praise for the Previous Edition. "...If you have MS, love someone with MS, or work with a person who has MS, you will find this book helpful and informative."-MS Focus. "...Highly recommended for MS patients, bookstores, and libraries."-Doody's Reviews. "...inclusive and comprehensive..."-Library Journal. "The writing style is clear and informative, and the authors are sympathetic and the emotional aspects of living with MS...Physical therapists, students, physicians, and people with MS will find it a useful addition to their library."-Physical Therapy. "Enhanced with a comprehensive list of readings and resources, this is the primary resource most especially recommended for non-specialist general readers having to deal with MS issues."-The Bookwatch".
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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