When Diabetes Hits Home
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.13 (590 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0945448880 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
comprehensive covers all kinds of families This book is for anyone who lives with, is related to, is a friend of or knows someone with diabetes as well as for the person with diabetes. Some may think this book is for a nuclear family with one person who has diabetes but, the author covers many different realtionships like older grandparents and how their children or even g. This book hit home with me!! I normally turn my nose up at these psycho-babble type books that pretend to know what it is that I'm going through as a person with diabetes for over 20 years. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this book was real. Dr. Rapaport hits a lot of familiar chords, and knows her subject inside and out. She is not patronizing, and h. Practical advice: witty, wise, compassionate This guide to emotional health focuses on families learning to cope with diabetes--but it is far more than that. The practical advice, tools for learning new coping skills, and stories about real people's struggles to adapt to their disease is inspiring for everyone dealing with the stress of illness. Dr. Rapaport synthesizes psyc
When Diabetes Hits Home deals with the necessary mourning period people experience at diagnosis and discusses support, coping, and family structure. Also discusses how parents, spouses, children, siblings, grandparents, friends, neighbors, and their healthcare teams successfully manage their relationships and define their rights and responsibilities with the person with diabetes.. Readers can explore the emotions that people with diabetes and their family members must cope with throughout their lives