by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jul 28, 2018 | LEARN: Chronic Illness
Overview On Our Terms: Empowering the New Health Consumer is written by corporate CEO Glen Tullman. His theorizes that we are moving into an era of health consumers, rather than patients. Considering patient comes from the Latin word meaning suffering, I’m willing to...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jun 17, 2018 | LEARN: Chronic Illness
Barbara Appelbaum has lived through, and with, some significant challenges in her life. Diagnosed with MS in her early forties, she’s taken an integrative approach to treating the disease. She also made some huge life changes in response to her diagnosis, including...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 31, 2017 | LEARN: Chronic Illness
If healthcare in the United States frustrates you, An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal is the book for you. It alternately made me furious, sad, and empowered me to ask a thousand more questions...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Sep 10, 2017 | LEARN: Chronic Illness
I’ve had The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. on my shelves (both analog and audio) for quite a few months. I suppose I put it off because trauma is such a heavy subject. However, I unexpectedly found the tone to be comfortable and almost...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 12, 2017 | LEARN: Chronic Illness
I found Jerome Groopman’s book How Doctors Think helpful and enlightening. So when I happened across Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What is Right for You, written by Groopman and his wife Pamela Hartzband (both are MDs) I grabbed it right up. In truth, I also...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jun 22, 2017 | LEARN: Chronic Illness
Lori Dennis’ impassioned book, Lyme Madness, is the work of an unintentional activist. I picked it up expecting a detailed medical memoir about Dennis’ son Matt’s struggle with Lyme Disease. In fact, I’d guess that barely ten percent of the...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Feb 3, 2017 | LEARN: Chronic Illness
Attending isn’t necessarily a book for everyone, but I appreciated many of the ideas Dr. Epstein puts forth. I think the primary audience is anyone in a health care provider, student, or administration role. However, as a massage therapist and chronic illness...
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