Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for Families - Softcover

Kalb, Rosalind C.

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9781888799149: Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for Families

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888799145 ISBN 13: 9781888799149

Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Demos Medical Publishing, Incorporated, 1998, 1998

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...addresses how MS affects finances, parenting, sexuality, and general health, and well-being...advocates that families should not allow MS to overtake their lives.

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About the Author:

Dr. Rosalind Kalb, a clinical psychologist, is Director of the Professional Resource Center at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in New York, where she develops and provides educational and consultation services to clinicians who care for people with MS. In her private clinical practice, she specializes in the needs of individuals and families living with chronic illness and disability. She serves on the editorial board of several publications, including the International Journal of MS Care.

Review:

"...exceptionally reader-friendly and is a good resource for professionals as well as lay readers...Each chapter provides excellent additional readings, and there is an appendix of recommended resources. I highly recommend this invaluable guide." -- Inside MS "...This practical, complete, and highly readable guide is must reading for anyone confronting this debilitating illness personally or in a loved one." -- The Bookwatch "...a dynamic and extremely useful and usable book for both families living with MS and the professionals who assist them. " -- From the Foreword by Nancy Holland, Ed.D., National Multiple Sclerosis Society "...a complete, highly readable guide that addresses all of the issues multiple sclerosis brings to the family....essential, critically important reading for anyone with MS, their families and their friends." -- The Midwest Book Review "...will help MS suffers and their loved ones prepare for the impact of MS, keep the lines of communication open, devise coping strategies, and give MS no more space in the household than it needs." -- PA Today

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