Miller, Judith Fitzgerald. <br/><br/>
Coping with chronic illness :  overcoming powerlessness / 
Judith Fitzgerald Miller. 
 - Ed. 3. 
 - Philadelphia :  F.A. Davis,  ©2000. 
 - xiv, 573 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. I. Current status -- Ch. 1. Client power resources -- Ch. 2. Analysis of coping with illness -- Ch. 3. Development of the concept of powerlessness: a nursing diagnosis -- pt. II. Vulnerabilities across the life span -- Ch. 4. Stress and coping: psychoneuroimmunology -- Ch. 5. Chronic sorrow in long-term illness across the life span -- Ch. 6. Courage in young adults with long-term health concerns -- Ch. 7. Middlescent obese women: overcoming powerlessness -- Ch. 8. Powerlessness in elderly persons: preventing hopelessness. pt. III. Coping with specific chronic health problems -- Ch. 9. Powerlessness in persons with end-stage renal disease -- Ch. 10. Profiles of locus of control and coping in persons with peripheral vascular disease -- Ch. 11. Energy deficits in chronically ill persons with arthritis: fatigue -- Ch. 12. Adjustment, coping resources, and care of the client with multiple sclerosis -- Ch. 13. Coping with chronic lung disease: maintaining quality of life -- Ch. 14. Empowering persons affected by acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. pt. IV. Selected nursing strategies -- Ch. 15. Literature: a dimension of nursing therapeutics -- Ch. 16. Imagery as a means of coping -- Ch. 17. Facilitating behavior change in chronically ill persons -- Ch. 18. Enhancing self-esteem -- Ch. 19. Inspiring hope. 
<br/><br/> Completely rewritten to include the most recent research and nursing strategies, the 3rd edition continues to expand nurses' perceptions of persons with long-term health problems in a way that emphasizes patient and family power resources. The book includes nursing assessment, diagnosis, interventions, conceptual models, and related research. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0803602987 9780803602984 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99014320 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chronic diseases--Nursing.<br/>Chronic diseases--Psychological aspects.<br/>Control (Psychology)--Health aspects.<br/>Nurse and patient.<br/>Sick--Psychology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.73/61 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WY 152  / M648c 2000