Chronic Diseases and Health Care

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Chronic Diseases: Epidemiology and Health Care Disparities

   Pages 1-7

3. Health Care Costs

   Pages 9-15

4. Living with a Chronic Disease

   • Mark L. Goldstein

   Pages 17-24

5. Diabetes Mellitus

   Pages 25-65

6. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Fibromyalgia, and Low Back Pain

   Pages 67-138

7. Cardiovascular Disease

   Pages 139-175

8. Cancer

   Pages 177-245

9. Back Matter

   Pages 247-376

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CHRONIC DISEASES AND HEALTH CARE: New Patterns of Diabetes, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Fibromyalgia, Low Back Pain, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer. Twenty-?ve million Americans are victims of chronic disease, and approximately two-thirds of all deaths each year are due to cardiovascular disease (including stroke), cancer, and diabetes. This book evaluates new trends in epidemiology, health care costs, risk factors, treatment and rehabilitation outcomes, stress and coping strategies, social support, disability, patient education, and self-management for seven prevalent chronic diseases. Case studies from a clinical psychologist’s private practice and the research literature are used to clarify the issues underlying chronic diseases and health care. There are many questions still to be addressed in the ?eld of chronic disease and health care. What is the prevalence of chronic diseases? What are the health care costs associated with these c- ditions? What are the major risk factors and health care disparities that contribute to the development of chronic diseases? How have these risk factors and health care disparities changed over time? What impact do chronic diseases have on disability, quality of life, and health care disparities? How do individuals cope with the stresses of chronic diseases? What are the most effective forms of social support? What are the most effective treatments and v vi PREFACE rehabilitation programs for chronic diseases? How can patient education and self-management activities be improved to help patients and their families better understand and treat their conditions? Chapter One analyzes the latest trends in the epidemiology of

• Diabetes
• Diabetes mellitus
• Public Health
• cancer
• diseases
• gender
• health care
• patients
• planning
• psychology
• quality
• quality of life
• rehabilitation
• rheumatism
• stress

FROM THE REVIEWS:

"Nearly 25 million Americans are living with chronic diseases, resulting in reduced quality of life for those patients and their families and billions in health care costs. Morewitz examines this situation closely to find new patterns of health care."

SciTech Book News, September 1, 2006.

"The author gives readers a frame of reference and a sense of direction for managing these chronic disorders."

J. D. Campbell, Choice, a publication of the American Library Association

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