Living With Multiple Sclerosis: A Wellness Approach [Paperback]

George H. Kraft (Author), Marci Catanzaro (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1996 | ISBN-10: 1888799005 | ISBN-13: 978-1888799002

How can someone who has a chronic disease like multiple sclerosis also be healthy? The answer is by choosing behaviors that promote health -- the optimal level of function and well-being within any limitations imposed by an impairment. As multiple sclerosis fluctuates or progresses, the overall physical and emotional capacity can be nurtured, and improvement achieved within realistic goals. This broad and positive approach to health is also conceptualized as "wellness, " with emphasis on those areas within our control, those opportunities to make thoughtful and informed choices to enhance our function, attitudes, and general sense of well-being. This approach not only has implications for the present, but also can impact long-term health. In order to choose wisely, it is necessary to be informed of the ramifications of various behaviors and activities. This book addresses the overall area of choices for wellness and related issues...

-- From the Foreword by Nancy Holland, Ed.D., National Multiple Sclerosis Society

This book suggests ways to optimize health through exercise, nutrition, and emotional health. It can be used as a staging point for developing an individualized wellness program. The reader will find answers to the most commonly asked questions about living with multiple sclerosis.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Topics addressed in this edition include areas of interest to caregivers, family members, friends and professionals alike. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in how to effectively live with multiple sclerosis...appendixes are comprehensive making this book an excellent resource to the professional as well as the individual with multiple sclerosis." -- Connie Easterling, The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers "This brief and highly readable book covers such topics as pathology, diagnosis, course, treatment and symptom management. The answers are clear and nontechnical. Additional features include sections on financial and emotional well-being as well as alternative therapies. This is a very nice book for patients with MS. It is designed for newly diagnosed patients who have many questions about their disease. Interested readers will find many of their questions answered here." -- Doody Publishing, Inc. "This book can be recommended to all those interested in MS: be they people with the disease, their relatives or friends. The wellness approach is an attitude that does not focus so much on what is lacking - deficits - but rather on what is possible, which truly marks a paradigm shift in neurology that is so important." --The International MS Journal "How can someone who has a chronic disease like multiple sclerosis also be healthy? The answer is by choosing behaviors that promote health the optimal level of function and well-being within any limitations imposed by an impairment. As multiple sclerosis fluctuates or progresses, the overall physical and emotional capacity can be nurtured, and improvement achieved within realistic goals. This broad and positive approach to health is also conceptualized as 'wellness, with emphasis on those areas within our control, those opportunities to make thoughtful and informed choices to enhance our function, attitudes, and general sense of well-being. This approach not only has implications for the present, but also can impact long-term health. In order to choose wisely, it is necessary to be informed of the ramifications of various behaviors and activities. This book addresses the overall area of choices for wellness and related issues..." -- From the Foreword by Nancy Holland, Ed.D., National Multiple Sclerosis Society --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

George Kraft, M.D., is a professor of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is director of one of the country's largest multiple sclerosis clinics and is on the Medical Advisory Board of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 103 pages
• Publisher: Demos Medical Pub (February 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888799005
• ISBN-13: 978-1888799002
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,033,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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43 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must" for MS sufferers, friends and family., June 4, 2000

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This review is from: Living with Multiple Sclerosis: A Wellness Approach (Paperback)

Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Living With Multiple Sclerosis: A Wellness Approach incorporates the most recent developments in MS management and adds new material reflecting the status of MS as a treatable diseases, as well as new concepts of "wellness" that are of general application and use in managing chronic disease. Living With Multiple Sclerosis uses a reader friendly questions and answer format in systematically explaining how to live optimally with this neurologic disease. George H. Kraft, M.D. and Marci Catanzaro, R.N. collaborate in offering advice on how to take control of one's life in order to maximize health and explaining the ramifications of various behaviors and activities on health and well-being. Covering all aspects of MS from causes and symptom management to treatments, alternative therapies, and the social aspects, Living With Multiple Sclerosis is a "must" for all MS sufferers and their family, friends, and loved ones.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment, November 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Living with Multiple Sclerosis: A Wellness Approach (Paperback)

I was disappointed in the content of this book. Most of the information that was addressed can be easily obtained from other sources, i.e. NMSS. There were statements contradictory to many other sources on diet, nutrition, and vitamin supplements. I think this book would only be useful for the newly diagnosed and I would advise researching other sources before accepting all the statements in this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment, November 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Living with Multiple Sclerosis: A Wellness Approach (Paperback)

I was disappointed in the content of this book. Most of the information that was addressed can be easily obtained from other sources, i.e. NMSS. There were statements contradictory to many other sources on diet, nutrition, and vitamin supplements. I think this book would only be useful for the newly diagnosed and I would advise researching other sources before accepting all the statements in this book.