Help Me to Heal

by Siegel, Bernie S.

• ISBN13: 9781401900601
• ISBN10: 1401900607
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: Hay House Inc

Summary

Hospitalization should promote healing. Intended as a just-in-time resource for patients and family members, Help Me to Heal presents the strategies to help maximize healing opportunities. The ultimate goal is to become active participants in the healing process. Patients, caregivers and family members can learn to communicate their needs to doctors and staff so that, through the creation of a healing team, a common healing goal takes shape."If you or a loved one have to go through major medical care, the information in this book can be both life-saving and soul-saving. Read it. Absorb it. Use it." -Andrew Weil, MD

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction: Why You Need to Be Empowered	xix
PART I: A PATIENT'S SURVIVAL GUIDE
Empowering Yourself and Your Team	3	(14)
Healing and How It Happens	17	(18)
Preparing for a Healthy Hospitalization	35	(24)
Crossing the Threshold: How to Behave Like a Respant in the Hospital	59	(20)
Creating Vital Signs	79	(8)
Healing Encounters: Tips on Creating Visits That Help You to Heal	87	(10)
Prescriptions for Self-Healing	97	(8)
Getting Out: Continuing the Process of Healing	105	(10)
Healing at Home: Staying Empowered	115	(14)
PART II: HEALING STRATEGIES FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND CAREGIVERS
Being an Empowering Advocate	129	(16)
How to Be a Healing Visitor	145	(14)
Healing for the Caregiver	159	(12)
PART III: HEALING WAYS
Activities That Heal	171	(20)
Tips for Patients: Turning Bedside Visits into Healing Encounters
Tips for Families, Bedside Companions, and Visitors
Bedside Yoga
Walking and Wheelchairing
Massage: The Healing Power of Touch
Bernie's Resource List
Yosaif's Resource List
Entitlement Learner's Permit
Afterword: Passwords	191	(2)
Self-Help Resources	193	(18)
About the Authors	211