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Chronic Diseases and Health Care

New Trends in Diabetes, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Fibromyalgia, Low Back Pain, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer

By: Stephen J. Morewitz

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Hardcover | 1 May 2006

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CHRONIC DISEASES AND HEALTH CARE: New Patterns of Diabetes, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Fibromyalgia, Low Back Pain, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer. Twenty-?ve million Americans are victims of chronic disease, and approximately two-thirds of all deaths each year are due to cardiovascular disease (including stroke), cancer, and diabetes. This book evaluates new trends in epidemiology, health care costs, risk factors, treatment and rehabilitation outcomes, stress and coping strategies, social support, disability, patient education, and self-management for seven prevalent chronic diseases. Case studies from a clinical psychologist's private practice and the research literature are used to clarify the issues underlying chronic diseases and health care. There are many questions still to be addressed in the ?eld of chronic disease and health care. What is the prevalence of chronic diseases? What are the health care costs associated with these c- ditions? What are the major risk factors and health care disparities that contribute to the development of chronic diseases? How have these risk factors and health care disparities changed over time? What impact do chronic diseases have on disability, quality of life, and health care disparities? How do individuals cope with the stresses of chronic diseases? What are the most effective forms of social support? What are the most effective treatments and v vi PREFACE rehabilitation programs for chronic diseases? How can patient education and self-management activities be improved to help patients and their families better understand and treat their conditions? Chapter One analyzes the latest trends in the epidemiology of

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"Nearly 25 million Americans are living with chronic diseases, resulting in reduced quality of life for those patients and their families and billions in health care costs. Morewitz examines this situation closely to find new patterns of health care."

SciTech Book News, September 1, 2006.

"The author gives readers a frame of reference and a sense of direction for managing these chronic disorders."

J. D. Campbell, Choice, a publication of the American Library Association

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Chronic Diseases: Epidemiology and Health Care Disparities	p. 1
Diabetes
Arthritis
Osteoporosis
Fibromyalgia
Low Back Pain
Cardiovascular Disease
Cancer
Health Care Costs	p. 9
Diabetes
Arthritis
Osteoporosis
Fibromyalgia
Low Back Pain
Cardiovascular Diseas
Cancer
Living with a Chronic Disease	p. 17
Diabetes Mellitus	p. 25
Risk Factors and Health Care Disparities
Disability, Quality of Life, and Health Care Disparities
Stress, Coping, and Social Support
Treatment and Rehabilitation Outcomes
Patient Education and Self-Management
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Fibromyalgia, and Low Back Pain	p. 67
Risk Factors and Health Care Disparities
Disability, Quality of Life, and Health Care Disparities
Stress, Coping, and Social Support
Treatment and Rehabilitation Outcomes
Patient Education and Self-Management
Cardiovascular Disease	p. 139
Risk Factors and Health Care Disparities
Disability, Quality of Life, and Health Care Disparities
Stress, Coping, and Social Support
Treatment and Rehabilitation Outcomes
Patient Education and Self-Management
Cancer	p. 177
Risk Factors and Health Care Disparities
Disability, Quality of Life, and Health Care Disparities
Stress, Coping, and Social Support
Treatment and Rehabilitation Outcomes
Patient Education and Self-Management
References	p. 247
Author Index	p. 293
Subject Index	p. 303
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Chronic Diseases and Health Care

New Trends in Diabetes, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Fibromyalgia, Low Back Pain, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer

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