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First published in 1988, the book
presents a vivid account of the reality of life with chronic illness-from perspective of patients and their families. It looks at expectations, priorities and problems of those most affected by chronic illness and examines strategies they have developed to cope with their considerable disadvantages.
List of contents
Introduction 1. The quality of life of stroke patients and their carers
2. Reconstructing lives: negotiating the meaning of multiple sclerosis
3. Striking balances: living with Parkinson's disease
4. Meanings at risk: the experience of arthritis
5. Wives of heart attack patients: the stress of caring
6. Coming to terms with diabetes: coping strategies and non-compliance
7. Accommodating epilepsy in families
8. The experience of stigma: living with rectal cancer
9. Living with renal failure on home haemodialysis
10. The experience of psoriasis under treatment
Conclusion
About the author
Robert Anderson, at the time of the first publication, was Senior Research Officer at the Institute for Social Studies in Medical Care, London, UK.
Michael Bury is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Royal Holloway University of London, UK. His research interests are in medical sociology, the study of chronic illness and disability, ageing, and the health and quality of life among older people, and cultural dimensions of health and medicine.
Summary
First published in 1988, the book presents a vivid account of the reality of life with chronic illness–from perspective of patients and their families. It looks at expectations, priorities and problems of those most affected by chronic illness and examines strategies they have developed to cope with their considerable disadvantages.
