36 results for "Adult Leukemia A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Families" between $5.00 and $50.00

Pages: 288, Edition: 2, Paperback, Adams Media

This book is developed as a guide for patients with cancer as well as their families. The author believes that a well informed patient is better able to understand his or her disease, ask questions, and participate in decisions about care. The purpose is to provide extensive information to patients, their families, and friends. In this era of consumer involvement in healthcare, this is an important and worthy purpose. The target audience is the healthcare consumer. Although the author has attempted...

Pages: 600, Edition: 1, Paperback, Andrews McMeel Publishing

Bipolar disorder can be devastating. It can disrupt relationships and careers, it can wreak havoc on family life, and, when not properly treated, it can be fatal. Since 1999 this compassionate and comprehensive guide has helped tens of thousands of people cope with this complex disease. This, the second edition of Bipolar Disorder, is thoroughly updated and discusses promising new options for diagnosis and treatment along with new information on the disease's genetic components. The disease can also...

Pages: 528, Edition: 1, Paperback, O'Reilly Media

Pages: 288, Edition: 1, Paperback, Oxford University Press, USA

The second edition of this accessible and comprehensive guide provides crucial information for managing this complex condition, including details on the use of medications, diet, exercise, complementary therapies, and surgery. "The best comprehensive guide on Parkinson's disease I have ever read. If I were suggesting a book for my primary care physician to read on Parkinson's disease, this would be the one." -- APDA Young Parkinson's Newsletter

Item Description This year, six million Americans--most of them women--will go to their doctors, complaining of an illness they have no name for. The majority will be turned away or treated for depression; the few who persist will go to an average of four doctors before they receive the correct diagnosis: fibromyalgia. In their earlier Making Sense of Fibromyalgia, noted medical writer Janice Wallace and Dr. Daniel Wallace, a leading expert on this disorder, provided a comprehensive guide--for both...

Modern medicine has made amazing advances in the treatment of cancer, but most people still react with shock and fear when they receive the diagnosis. Cancer doesn't just affect the patient physically; it has emotional and spiritual implications as well. This comprehensive guide to cancer from a Christian perspective combines the hands-on experience of a medical doctor with the wisdom and compassion of a theologian. The book surveys a variety of topics including: - cancer testing, diagnosis, and...

Pages: 200, Edition: 1, Hardcover, Taylor Trade Publishing

Cancer. The word evokes shock and fear when test results come back and the physician delivers the news. If you or a family member have been diagnosed with cancer, you have dozens of questions but may not know where to find answers. "Now what?" "Where can I turn for information and support?" "How will this illness affect my family?" "Why me, God?" This book is the first comprehensive guide to cancer written from a Christian perspective. It tackles your tough questions-spiritual as well as physical...

Published April, 2008 by Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Paperback, 272 Pages , ISBN: 9780195372496 , ISBN-10: 0195372492, List Price $15.95 .

Osteoporosis currently affects 25 million people in the United States, and as the baby boomers enter their fifties, this bone-weakening disease is poised to strike millions more. Because of this disease, many older people will suffer from a bone fracture

Publisher: W Pub Group Pub Date: 3/1/1993 Binding: Paperback Pages: 256

Keene is one of the original developers of the Patient-Centered Guides series, and the parent of a child who survived leukemia. She provides a detailed, straightforward guide for parents containing the basic information that newly diagnosed families need to cope with their challenging situation. The text is also useful for healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of children with cancer. The third edition includes updates on treatment methods and new resources for medical information, emotional...