TY - BOOK AU - Miller,Judith Fitzgerald TI - Coping with chronic illness: overcoming powerlessness SN - 0803602987 U1 - 610.73/61 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Philadelphia PB - F.A. Davis KW - Chronic diseases KW - Nursing KW - Psychological aspects KW - Control (Psychology) KW - Health aspects KW - Nurse and patient KW - Sick KW - Psychology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 ER -