Making Wise Medical Decisions: How to Get the Information You Need

Resources for People with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions

A Woman's Guide to Coping with Disability

A Man's Guide to Coping with Disability

Resources for Elders with Disabilities

Living with Low Vision: A Resource Guide for People with Sight Loss

Meeting the Needs of Employees with Disabilities

Providing Services for People with Vision Loss

Meeting the Needs of People with Vision Loss
 
 

In a landmark report, the U.S. Surgeon General declared that mental illness is a public health problem of great magnitude. Both the public and professionals hold misconceptions about mental disorders.The Mental Health Resource Guide is designed to help individuals who are mentally ill, their families, and health professionals understand the issues surrounding mental illness and find services and advocates that can help. The book provides information about treatments in current use, medications, laws that affect individuals who are mentally ill, employment, and the needs of children and elders.  The effects of mental illness on the family and caregivers are also addressed.  Chapters on anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, eating disorders, schizophrenia, and substance abuse include information about causes, diagnosis, and treatments as well as descriptions of helpful organizations, publications, and tapes.  Includes e-mail addresses and Internet resources.
2001        ISBN-0-929718-27-5
$39.95 plus shipping and handling

"authoritative...will add value to professional health care collections and public libraries."     Library Journal

This book includes a wealth of information about where to go and what to read in order to make informed, rational, medical decisions. The book describes a plan for obtaining relevant health information and evaluating medical tests and procedures, health care providers, and health facilities. Each chapter includes extensive resources to help the reader get started. Chapters include Getting the Information You Need to Make Wise Medical Decisions; Locating Appropriate Health Care; Asking the Right Questions about Medical Tests and Procedures; Protecting Yourself in the Hospital; Medical Benefits and Legal Rights; Drugs; Protecting the Health of Children Who Are Ill; Special Issues Facing Elders; People with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities and the Health Care System; Making Decisions about Current Medical Controversies; Terminal Illness.

Second edition  2001     ISBN 0-929718-29-1

$42.95 plus shipping and handling

"It is refreshing to find a source of practical information on how to proceed through the medical maze...this should become a popular resource in any public, hospital, or academic library's consumer health collection."  Library Journal

"The book is very, very good.  There's so much information, it's definitely worth buying."  A health care consumer

The most comprehensive resource guide available on the most common disabling conditions, including spinal cord injury, low back pain, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, hearing and speech impairments, visual impairment and blindness, and epilepsy.

Each chapter includes information about the disease or condition; psychological aspects of the condition; professional service providers; environmental adaptations; assistive devices; and descriptions of organizations and publications. Information on rehabilitation services, independent living, self-help, laws that affect people with disabilities and making everyday living easier. Special information for children is also included.  Includes e-mail addresses and Internet resources.

Fifth edition 2002        ISBN 0-929718-30-5

$56.95 plus shipping and handling

"..wide coverage and excellent organization of this encyclopedic guide...recommended..." Choice

"...useful for medical and social work professionals...an excellent guide for families and caregivers." Reference Books Bulletin/Booklist

"Sensitive to the tremendous variety of needs and circumstances of living with a disability."  American Libraries

"an excellent resource for consumers and professionals..."    Journal of the  American Paraplegia Society

This unique book addresses the special needs of women with disabilities and chronic conditions, such as social relationships, sexual functioning, pregnancy, child rearing, caregiving, and employment. Special attention is paid to ways in which women can advocate for their rights with the health care and rehabilitation systems.

Written for women in all age categories, the book has chapters on the disabilities that are most prevalent in women or likely to affect the roles and physical functions unique to women. Included are arthritis, diabetes, epilepsy, lupus, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, and spinal cord injury. Each chapter also includes information about the condition, service providers, and psychological aspects plus descriptions of organizations, publications and tapes, and special assistive devices. This new edition includes e-mail addresses and Internet resources.

Fourth edition 2003  ISBN 0-929718-33-X

$46.95  plus shipping and handling

Chosen by Library Journal as a book of outstanding quality and significance: "...this excellent, empowering resource belongs in all collections."

"...crucial information women need to be informed, empowered, and in control of their lives. Excellent self-help information...Highly recommended for public and academic libraries." Choice

"...a marvelous publication...will help women feel more in control of their lives." A nurse who became disabled

Written to fill the void in the literature regarding the special needs of men with disabilities, this book includes information about men's responses to disability, with a special emphasis on the values men place on independence, occupational achievement, and physical activity. Information on finding local services, self-help groups, laws that affect men with disabilities, sports and recreation, and employment is applicable to men with any type of disability or chronic condition.

The disabilities that are most prevalent in men or that affect men's special roles in society are included.  Chapters on coronary heart disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS,  multiple sclerosis, prostate conditions, spinal cord injury, and stroke include information about the disease or condition, psychological aspects, sexual functioning, where to find services, environmental adaptations, and annotated entries of organizations, publications and tapes, and resources for assistive devices. Includes e-mail addresses and Internet resources.

Third edition, 2003

ISBN 0-929718-32-1

$46.95 plus shipping and handling

"a unique reference source."  Library Journal

"a unique purchase for public libraries." Reference Books Bulletin/Booklist

"Thank you for the high quality books you provide." A nurse's aide

Although elders constitute the greatest proportion of individuals with disabilities, they are an underserved population. This book provides information that enables elders, family members and other caregivers, and service providers to locate appropriate services. Published in LARGE PRINT, the book includes information about rehabilitation, laws that affect elders with disabilities, and self-help groups.

Chapters on hearing loss, vision loss, Parkinson's disease, stroke, arthritis, osteoporosis, and diabetes also provide information on organizations, publications and tapes, and assistive devices. Each chapter that deals with a specific disability or condition has information on the causes and treatments for the condition; psychological aspects; professional service providers; where to find services; environmental adaptations; and suggestions for making everyday living safer and easier.  Also included are practical suggestions to prevent accidents and information about aids for everyday living, older workers, falls, travel, and housing. Includes Internet resources and e-mail addresses.

Fifth edition ISBN 0-929718-31-3

$51.95 plus shipping and handling

"Highly recommended." Library Journal

"...a valuable, well organized, easy-to-read reference source."                               American Reference Books Annual

"...a handy ready-reference..." Reference Books Bulletin/Booklist

An extremely valuable self-help guide that provides people with sight loss due to macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, and other conditions the information they need to keep reading, working, and enjoying life. The only LARGE PRINT(18 point bold type) comprehensive guide to services and products that help individuals with vision loss throughout North America. Chapters onself-help groups, making everyday living easier, and special information for children, elders, and people with both vision and hearing loss. Information on laws that affect people with vision loss, including the ADA, and hightech equipment that promotes independence and employment. Includes e-mail addresses and Internet resources.

Seventh edition ISBN 0-929718-35-6

$48.95 plus shipping and handling

"no other complete resource guide exists..an invaluable tool for locating services.. ."  Library Journal

"This is the best book I've found."A woman who is losing her vision

"...a very useful resource for patients experiencing vision loss."                          Archives of Ophthalmology

"...a superb resource...should be made available in waiting rooms or patient education areas..." American Journal of Ophthalmology

"...a treasure chest of concise, useful information."  OT Week

This resource guide provides essential information that enables people with disabilities to obtain their rights in the workplace, including information about government programs and laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, training programs, supported employment, transition from school to work, assistive technology, and environmental adaptations.

Chapters on hearing and speech impairments, mobility impairments, and visual impairment and blindness describe organizations, adaptive equipment, and services plus suggestions for a safe and friendly workplace. Case vignettes describing accommodations for employees with disabilities are an added feature of this special volume. Includes e-mail addresses and Internet resources.

Fourth edition 2004 ISBN 0-929718-34-8

$46.95 plus shipping and handling

"...recommended for public libraries and for academic libraries..." Choice

"..this book is unique...an important acquisition.."
             ;                         American Reference Books Annual

"...a valuable resource...for professionals and human resources personnel..."              Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling

"... and up-to-date." Journal of Career Planning and Employment

Written by ophthalmologists, rehabilitation professionals, a physician who has experienced vision loss, and a sociologist, this book discusses how various professionals can work together to provide coordinated care for people with vision loss.

Chapters include:

• Vision Loss: A Patient's Perspective
• Vision Loss: An Ophthalmologist's Perspective
• Operating a Low Vision Aids Service
• The Need for Coordinated Care
• Making Referrals for Rehabilitation Services
• Mental Health Services: The Missing Link
• Self-Help Groups for People with Sight Loss
• Aids and Techniques that Help People with Vision Loss
• plus a Glossary.

1989 ISBN 0-929718-02-X

$19.95 plus shipping and handling

"an excellent overview of the perspectives and clinical services that facilitate rehabilitation."  Archives of Ophthalmology

"...an excellent guide for professionals."Journal of Rehabilitation

Written by rehabilitation professionals, physicians, and a sociologist, this book discusses how to provide appropriate information and how to serve special populations.

Chapters include:

• What People with Vision Loss Need to Know
• Information and Referral Services for People with Vision loss
• The Role of the Family in the Adjustment to Blindness or Visual Impairment
• Diabetes and Vision Loss - Special Considerations
• Special Needs of Children and Adolescents
• Older Adults with Vision and Hearing Losses
• Providing Services to Visually Impaired Elders in Long Term Care Facilities
• plus a series of Multidisciplinary Case Studies.

1991 ISBN 0-929718-07-0

$24.95 plus shipping and handling

"...of use to anyone concerned with improving service delivery to the growing population of people who are visually impaired."American Journal of Occupational Therapy