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American Holistic Nurses' Association Guide to Common Chronic Conditions: Self-Care Options to Complement Your Doctor's Advice. Carolyn Chambers Clark. John Wiley & Sons. 2003.

Building the Healing Partnership; Parents, Professionals, and Children with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities. Patricia Taner Leff. Brookline Books. 1992.

Care of Arthritis in the Older Adult. Edited by Ann Schmidt Luggen and Sue E. Meiner. Springer. 2002.

Caring for Children with Chronic Illness: Issues and Strategies. Ruth Stein. Springer Publishing Company. 1989.

Chronic and Terminal Illness: New Perspectives on Caring and Carers. Edited by Sheila Payne. Oxford University Press. 1989.

Chronic Diseases and Health Care : New Trends in Diabetes, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Fibromyalgia, Low Back Pain, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer. Stephen J. Morewitz. Springer Science+Business Media. 2006.

Chronic Illness: Impact and Interventions. Edited by Ilene Morof Lubkin and Pamela D. Larsen. 6th edition. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. 2006.

Chronic Illness in Children: An Evidence-Based Approach. Edited by Laura L. Hayman, Margaret M. Mahon, and J. Rick Turner. Springer. 2002.

Chronic Illness: Research and Theory for Nursing Practice. Edited by Ruth Bernstein Hyman and Judith M. Corbin. Springer Publishing Company. 2001.

Chronic Illness in Children and Adults: A Psychosocial Approach. Debra P. Hymovich. W.B. Saunders Company. 1992.

The Chronic Illness Trajectory Framework: The Corbin and Strauss Nursing Model. Pierre Woog. Springer Publishing Company. 1992.

Chronic Pain Management.  Edited by Carol Banks and Karen Mackrodt.  Whurr. 2005.

A Clinician's Guide to Palliative Care. George J. Taylor and Jerome E. Kurent. Blackwell. 2003.

Clinician's Guide to Pediatric Chronic Illness. Michael J. Light. McGraw-Hill. 2001.

Contextual Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain.  Lance M. McCracken.  ASP Press.  2005.

Coping with Chronic Illness: Overcoming Powerlessness. Judith Fitzgerald Miller. Davis. 2000.

A Delicate Balance: Living Successfully with Chronic Illness. Susan Milstrey Wells. Perseus. 2000.

Eat for Life: The Food and Nutrition Board's Guide to Reducing Your Risk of Chronic Disease. Catherine E. Woteki. Institute of Medicine/National Academy Press. 1992.

Exercise for Frail Elders. Elizabeth Best-Martini and Kim A. Botenhagen-DiGenova. Human Kinetics. 2003.

Families Living with Chronic Illness and Disability:  Interventions, Challenges, and Opportunities.  Paul W. Power and Arthur E. Dell Orto. Springer.  2004.

Fibromyalgia: The Essential Guide for Patients and Their Families. Daniel J. Wallace and Janice Brock Wallace. Oxford University Press. 2003.

Fostering Rapid Advances in Health Care: Learning from System Demonstrations. Edited by Janet M. Corrigan, Ann Greiner, and Shari M. Erickson. The National Academies Press. 2003.

Happiness in a Storm: Facing Illness and Embracing Life as a Healthy Survivor. Wendy Schlessel Harpham. Norton. 2006.

The Holistic Nursing Approach to Chronic Disease.  Carolyn Chambers Clark.  Springer.  2004.

Integrating Conventional and Alternative Therapies: Holistic Care for Chronic Conditions. Charlotte Eliopoulos. Mosby. 1999.

Key Aspects of Caring for the Chronically Ill; Hospital and Home. Edited by Sandra G. Funk. Springer Publishing Company. 1993.

Key Aspects of Preventing and Managing Chronic Illness. Edited by Sandra G. Funk, Elizabeth M. Tornquist, Jennifer Leeman, Margaret S. Miles, and Joanne S. Harrell. Springer. 2003.

Living Under the Sword:  Psychosocial Aspects of Recurrent and Progressive Life-Threatening Illness.  Edited by Austin H. Kutscher and the editors of The American Institute of Life-Threatening Illness and Loss.  The Scarecrow Press.  2004.

Mainstay: For the Well Spouse of the Chronically Ill. Maggie Strong. Little, Brown &
Company. 1998.

Managing Chronic Disorders.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.  2006.

Mayo Clinic on Chronic Pain. Jeffrey Rome, editor in chief. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. 2002.

Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability.  Donna Falvo.  3rd edition.  2005.

Negotiating Health Care; The Social Context of Chronic Illness. Sally E. Thorne. SAGE Publications. 1993.

Nursing Care of Children and Young People with Chronic Illness. Edited by Fay Valentine and Lesley Lowes. Blackwell Pub. 2007.

Patient Self-Management of Chronic Disease: The Health Care Provider's Challenge. Barbara K. Redman. Jones and Bartlett. 2004.

Persistent Pain in Older Adults: An Interdisciplinary Guide for Treatment. Edited by Debra K. Weiner, Keela Herr, and Thomas E. Rudy. Springer. 2002.

The Physician Within: A Step-by-Step Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness. Catherine Feste. Henry Holt and Co. 1995.

Primary Care of the Child with a Chronic Condition. Patricia Ludder Jackson and Judith A. Vessey, editors. Mosby. 2000.

Psychosocial Adaptation to Chronic Illness and Disability. Hanoch Livneh and Richard F. Antonak. Aspen. 1997.

Recrafting a Life: Solutions for Chronic Pain and Illness. Charlie Johnson and Denise Webster. Brunner-Routledge. 2002.

Restructuring Chronic Illness Management: Best Practices and Innovations in Team-Based Treatment. Jossey-Bass. 1998.

Shaping a New Health Care System: The Explosion of Chronic Illness as a Catalyst for Change. Anselm Strauss. Jossey-Bass. 1988.

Successful Aging and Adaptation with Chronic Diseases. Edited by Leonard W. Poon, Sarah Hall Gueldner, and Betsy M. Sprouse. Springer. 2003.

Teaching Nursing Care of Chronic Illness:  A Storied Approach to Whole Person Care.  Pamela Minden and Colleen Gullickson.  Springer.  2005.

Teaching Patients with Chronic Conditions. Springhouse Corporation. 1992.

The Truth About Chronic Pain: Patients and Professionals on How to Face It, Understand It, Overcome It. Arthur Rosenfeld. Basic Books. 2003.

The list of resources on this page is not intended to be complete or comprehensive. The selected resources included are representative of the subject area covered and are an excellent starting point for further research. Additional print and electronic information can be found by conducting your own literature search, consulting other library collections, or contacting a professional librarian/informationist for assistance. Please check with your local library to determine availability of these resources and local library access to national interlibrary loan networks for resources not owned locally. The list of resources is updated regularly as new resources are identified by the Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.

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