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Living with chronic illness: the experience of patients and their families
- Authors:
- ANDERSON Robert, BURY MIchael
- Publisher:
- Unwin Hyman
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 265p., diags., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at the everyday lives of people with the following conditions : stroke, renal failure, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, arthritis, heart attack, epilepsy, rectal cancer, psoriasis and diabetes.
Measuring disease: a review of disease-specific quality of life measurement scales
- Author:
- BOWLING Ann
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 415p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
- Edition:
- 2nd.
In assessing the outcome of disease and treatments, measurement scales must be relevant to their specific effects, necessitating the use of disease-specific questionnaires rather than more generic measures. This book reviews disease-specific measure of quality of life and, where relevant popularly used symptom and single dimension scales. Disease covered include: cancers, psychiatric and psychological conditions, respiratory diseases, neurological conditions, rheumatological conditions, cardiovascular diseases, HIV/AIDS, and others.
Therapeutic aspects of cannabis and cannabinoids
- Author:
- ROBSON Philip
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, February 2001, pp.107-115.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article assesses the therapeutic profile of cannabis and cannabinoids. Using Medline search, references supplied by DOH and others, and personal communications. Cannabis and some cannabinoids are effective anti-emetics and analgesics and reduce intra-ocular pressure. There is evidence of symptom relief and improved well-being in selected neurological conditions, AIDS and certain cancers. Cannabinoids may reduce anxiety and improve sleep.