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Happiness in a Storm Facing Illness and Embracing Life As a Healthy Survivor

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ISBN-10: 0393329054

ISBN-13: 9780393329056

Edition: N/A

Authors: Wendy Schlessel Harpham, Wendy Harpham

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"A guide to the meaning of joy and satisfaction, and the many routes to them."Jane Brody, New York Times Award-winning author Wendy Schlessel Harpham, M.D., offers her program to getting good care and finding happiness when you are sick. Having coined the term "Healthy Survivor" while dealing with her own chronic lymphoma, Harpham encourages people dealing with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or any prolonged illness to simultaneously do all they can to overcome disease and live life to the fullest. Happiness in a Storm shows you how to set the stage for the miracle of physical healing by making the best treatment choices for you, nourishing realistic hope, and taking action. But when it…    
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Book details

List price: $18.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.60" wide x 8.30" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Wendy Schlessel Harpham, MD, is the author of several books, including Diagnosis: Cancer and After Cancer. She lectures nationally on cancer and serious illness and lives in Dallas, Texas, with her husband and children.

Acknowledgments
Prologue
The Promise of Healthy Survivorship
The Miracle of Healing
Your Healers
The Role of Knowledge
Mastering Medical Knowledge
Choosing Your Best Treatment
Using Your Emotions
Nourishing Your Hope
Taking Action
Finding Happiness in a Storm
Appendices
Variations on a Theme by Niebuhr
Language of Healthy Survivorship
Tips for Being an Effective Patient
Tips for Preventing Medication Problems
The Patient's Bill of Rights
Support Groups
Index