Diabetes Caring For Your Emotions As Well As Your Health

by Edelwich, Jerry; Brodsky, Archie

• ISBN13: 9780201106084
• ISBN10: 0201106086
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-01-21
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

Here is vital information about living with diabetes that your doctor often doesn't have time to discuss. This extensively revised edition of an indispensable guide covers such concerns as adjusting to the emotional impact of the disease; decisions about diet, exercise, medications and new technology; the affect of complications on marriage, family, sex, and career; and much more.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction The Human Side of Diabetes	p. i
First Reactions	p. 15
What is Diabetes?	p. 33
Shared Concerns	p. 45
Stages of Adaptation	p. 69
The Choices - and the Stakes	p. 93
Doctors and Nurses	p. 123
Diabetes and the Family	p. 149
For Parents	p. 169
Sex, Sexuality, and Pregnancy	p. 189
Work and Play	p. 203
Technology and Its Limits	p. 223
Support Groups	p. 235
Glossary	p. 245
References	p. 253
Suggested Reading	p. 281
Useful Resources	p. 291
Index	p. 305
About the Authors	p. 317
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