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 A Day in a Life with Chronic Illness Description: Description of events for better understanding. Personal site. (members.shaw.ca) |
| Being Sick Well Description: Examples and advice to patients and care givers. Also promotes the book by Dr. Jeffrey Boyd. (beingsickwell.com) |
| Center for Research on Chronic Illness Description: Current research by the Carolina School of Nursing, pilot projects, publications on specific diseases as well as in general on preventing and managing chronic illness in vulnerable people. (nursing.unc.edu) |
| Chronic Conditions Description: SeniorNet Patient advise on managing the health team, staying as healthy as possible, trying complementary therapies, maintaining a sense of humor, working at being optimistic. (seniornet.org) |
| Chronic Disease Management Description: Model based on cooperation between providers to improve patient health and outcome. The Calgary Health Region also advises on regional strategy, community care coordinators, and patient class details. (calgaryhealthregion.ca) |
| Chronic Disease Management Description: British Columbia resources for physicians, patients and researchers. Includes success stories, reports, research and Chronic Care Model. (healthservices.gov.bc.ca) |
| Chronic Disease Prevention Description: Overview by National Center (U.S.) offers statistics, (state) programs, risk surveillance and risk factors per state. (cdc.gov) |
| Chronic Disease Surveillance in Canada Description: Background paper also proposes multi-partnered data base renewal (2003). (phac-aspc.gc.ca) |
| Chronic Disease: Forming Healthy Relationships Description: Advise for doctors and health workers on treatment and support of chronic ill patients. (buchholzmedgroup.com) |
| Chronic Illness Coping Description: Lists articles including lessons from Christopher Reeve, treatment of whole person, psychological control, and coping techniques. (mindpub.com) |
| Chronic Illness Tips Description: Daily living strategies for coping, sorted by tips for each body part. Personal website. (showcase.netins.net) |
| Chronic Illness: Acceptance Is the First Step Toward Healing Description: Short description of the day to day acceptance process. (mult-sclerosis.org) |
| Coping with a Chronic Illness in your Family Description: Advice to family members, including communication, financial matters, independence and taking charge. (eldercareadvocates.com) |
| Coping with Chronic Illness Description: An academic paper discusses illness in terms of stages, with a description of each in terms of its relevance to patients. (alpineguild.com) |
| Coping with Chronic Illness Description: The Fathers Network on how to deal with physical, emotional and spiritual aspects. Applies to anyone with a longterm disease. (fathersnetwork.org) |
| Coping with Chronic Illness and Depression Description: How to recognize depression and when to consult the doctor. (mamsi.com) |
| Coping with Long-term Physical Illness and Pain Description: Short explanation to counselors: defense mechanisms and coping styles of patients. (brandeis.edu) |
| Dealing with Illness and Disability Description: The London Borough of Hackney offers support through council, community, and government agencies in the fields of jobs, leisure, transport and allowances. (hackney.gov.uk) |
| Effectiveness of Self Management with Chronic Disease Description: Paper discusses core skills, use in educational programs, effects on health status, key ingredients for more efficacy. (chronicdisease.health.gov.au) |
| Expert Patients Programme for Long-term Patients Description: Self-management course for confidence, skills and knowledge to manage chronic health conditions. Provides newsletter, explanation of program, people's views. (expertpatients.nhs.uk) |
| Faced with a Life Threatening Illness. Description: Questions, concerns and links provided by Australian Palliative Care Council. (pallcare.asn.au) |
| Family Caregiver Alliance Description: National Center on Caregiving offers fact sheets, advice, research reports, public policy briefs, and newsletters. (caregiver.org) |
| Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness Description: Handbook for mortals gives short, practical advice how to handle serious illness and dying. (mywhatever.com) |
| Illness, Disability and Social Inclusion Description: Eurofound overview of social barriers and evaluation of relevant European policies (education, social security, employment, anti-discrimination, independence) by European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (170 pages). (eurofound.eu.int) |
| Improving Chronic Illness Care Description: Research and resources, including a model to promote interaction between patient and care givers. Essential elements are the community, self-management support, decision support and clinical information systems. (improvingchroniccare.org) |
| Learning to Cope with Chronic Illness Description: Senior Citizens practical advise to patients and significant others. (seniors-site.com) |
| Learning to Live with a Chronic Condition Description: Patient advice on communication with the health team, deciding on a treatment plan, and minimizing costs. From the Lifepath Information Series. () |
| Living with Chronic Illness Description: Advise on adjustments to patients, and short comment on hope. Personal site. (aces_autoimmune.tripod.com) |
| Living with Chronic Illness and Disease Description: Personal perspective on living with chronic disease. Articles cover getting through each day, relaxations, tips, work, stories. (chroniclife.com) |
| Living with Chronically Ill People Description: Adjusting to illness in the family, several personal articles. (brightfield.org.uk) |
| Living with Fibromyalgia Syndrome Description: Over 20 personal articles relevant to deal with any other chronic condition as well. (tidalweb.com) |
| Living with Long Term Illness Description: Tips and ideas on dealing with a chronic condition in daily life. Personal site. (xs4all.nl) |
| Living with Long Term Illness - Self Managing Description: Lifestyle changes are effective in self-managing a condition. (dva.gov.au) |
| Managing your Chronic Illness Description: British Columbia's patient information with links to programs. (healthservices.gov.bc.ca) |
| Poem, Pain Management, Chronic Illness Description: Poem about coping with pain using relaxation and imagery. (lehman.cuny.edu) |
| Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy Description: On line Public Health Research peer-reviewed Journal by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the United States. Contains essays, original research, special topics, case studies. Also available as PDF. (cdc.gov) |
| Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease Description: Discusses outcome of patient self management program. Education and lifestyle changes improve health, preserve functions and reduce costs. Also in PDF (published in 2002). (ahcpr.gov) |
| Self Management of Long-Term Illness Description: Seminar from The Pituitary Foundation's Third National Conference. (pituitary.org.uk) |
| Stanford Self-Management Programs Description: Center develops, evaluates, and disseminates community-based, peer-led, programs for people with all kinds of chronic diseases. Part of School of Medicine, Stanford University, California. (patienteducation.stanford.edu) |
| Ten Steps for Coping with a Chronic Condition Description: Harvard Health Publication Letter. Patient oriented advise. (hmiworld.org) |
| Yoga For Chronic Illness Description: Yoga helps to maintain and restore health by stretching and breathing, short article. (cancerlinks.com) |
