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Positive Options for Living with Your Ostomy: Self-Help and Treatment


by Craig A. White, Jr., Robert W. Beart
by David E. Beck

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Sales Rank: 1139857
Studio: Hunter House
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: January 09, 2002
Publisher: Hunter House


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Product Description
An ostomy is an opening on the abdomen created by a surgeon to allow waste material to be expelled. The operation is performed as a lifesaving measure when the body’s normal system for expelling waste no longer functions. With practical guidelines and emotional support for ostomy patients and their families, this book addresses all aspects of postoperative care as well as such sensitive issues as social situations and sexual intimacy.


CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 2.5 based on 3 reviews)

simplistic and patronizing  
This book is no help for most of the daunting challenges an ostomate must deal with. It covers little more than hospital handouts do. I did learn two things from the book's 134 pages that I didn't know before so it wasn't totally useless but I had hoped for more. On top of that, the book's tone is condesceding.
March 18, 2008

Positive Options for Living with Your Ostomy: Self-Help and Treatment  
As someone who has struggled to adapt to a completely unexpected ileostomy for the past three and a half months, I found the information presented to be disappointingly simplistic and annoyingly naive. It is hard for me to believe that the author has ever worked closely with people trying to deal with the every day challenges presented by life with an ileostomy. He frequently comes across as patronizing and offers little real help to such persons. There is no way I could recommend this book to others who are trying to cope with the challenges I have experienced.

July 31, 2006

Helpful  
Craig A. White, a prominent Scottish Cognitive Therapist and researcher has written this exceptionally helpful book for cancer patients with an ostomy. Comprehensive and well written.
Tomer Levin MD
Section-Head Psycho-oncology, LIJ Medical Center
June 07, 2004


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