Product Description

This first British Edition of this classic guide to multiple sclerosis continues to be the definitive guide for everyone concerned with this disease - those who have MS and their families, and all the health care professionals involved with its management. It covers a wide range of topics in a format that is accessible, and easy to understand.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #527541 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 674 pages

Review
REVIEW: ".. if you (have MS), love someone with MS, work with a person who has MS..., you will find this book helpful and informative." - MS Focus. REVIEW: "Highly recommended for MS patients, bookstores, and libraries." - Health Sciences Book Review.

About the Author
Rosalind C. Kalb, PhD is the Director of the Professional Resource Centre at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in New York, developing and providing educational and consultation services to clinicians who care for people with MS. In her private clinical practice, she specialises 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, and is the editor of the book Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for Families.

Customer Reviews

Avoid this book if you want to stay positive
What struck me first about this thick and obscenely expensive paperback was its negativity. It describes wheelchairs and various other walking aids as though you will definitely need them. It concentrates on all the negative sides of MS - admittedly, several - but does not attempt to address the positive side or investigate the tried-and-tested methods of yoga, meditation, a stress-free lifestyle and a completely natural diet. It makes no suggestion that you can treat and control it yourself, but rather depends very much on the opinions of doctors, neurologists and various other 'experts' who have no practical knowledge, merely theory,about this condition. Like many other writers on the subject, they have no idea how MS affects the average person. They intensify my opinion that you have to HAVE MS in order to write sensitively about it.

Excellent book, very informative question and answer format.
I have had M.S. for about two years. I waslooking for a book to answer specific questions I had. This book did a great job. The format of the book is arranged in the question and answer style. You can look up a question in the index, go to the page identified and get the information without reading the entire book. This is a great advantage in gaining information on specific problems associated with a very complicated disease.