02831cam a2200445 i 4500 1220050272 TxAuBib 20240406120000.0 191210s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019043048 9781945188312 paperback 1945188316 paperback (OCoLC)1131892912 TxAuBib rda Lorig, Kate, author. Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions : Self-Management Skills for Heart Disease, Arthritis, Diabetes, Depression, Asthma, Bronchitis, Emphysema and Other Physical and Mental Health Conditions / Kate Lorig, DrPH, Diana Laurent, MPH, Virginia Gonzalez, MPH, David Sobel, MD, MPH, Marian Minor, PT, PhD, Maureen Gecht-Silver, OTD, MPH. Fifth edition. Boulder, Colorado : Bull Publishing Company, [2020] xi, 418 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. Self-management: what is it and how can you do it? -- Becoming an active self-manager -- Finding resources -- Understanding and managing common conditions -- Understanding and managing common symptoms and emotions -- Using your mind to manage symptoms -- Being physically active -- Exercising to make life easier -- Freedom and safety -- Healthy eating -- Communicating with family, friends, and health care providers -- Enjoying sex and intimacy -- Managing your treatment decisions and medications -- Managing diabetes -- Working and living with chronic conditions -- Planning for the future: fears and reality -- Index. "This book teaches reader how to become active self-managers through problem solving, goal setting, and action planning, while also presenting the basics of healthy eating, exercise, relaxation, communication, and emotional empowerment. Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions offers readers a unique and exciting opportunity - the chance to take control of their health and enjoy their lives to the fullest extent possible with chronic illness"-- Provided by publisher. 20240406. Chronic diseases Popular works. Medicine, Popular. Chronic diseases. Chronic Disease. Self-help publications. fast Popular works. fast Self-help publications. lcgft Livres de croissance personnelle. rvmgf Laurent, Diana, author. Gonzalez, Virginia, author. Sobel, David, 1949-, author. Minor, Marian A, author, (Marian Adams.) Gecht-Silver, Maureen, author.