| View Larger Image | COPD for Dummies (Thorndike Large Print Health, Home and Learning) | Hardcoverby Kevin Felner (Author), Meg Schneider (Author)
| List Price: | $32.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Thorndike Press | | Edition: | Lrgth Edition | | Page Count: | 523 Pages | | Publication Date: | January 21, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 1,708,494st |
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Product Description
Make your home COPD friendly Your reassuring guide to understanding and managing COPD and getting on with your life Want to know more about COPD? This straightforward guide provides clear information about this progressive disease, explaining how to recognize the warning signs, get diagnosed, and choose the best treatment. You'll see how diet, exercise, and medication affect your symptoms and make your life easier. Discover how to: Know your risk factors Find the right doctors Quit smoking, start exercising, and change your diet Improve your overall health Prepare for emergencies Help loved ones with COPD |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 5 reviews)
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great tool by Tiffanie L. Young (Astoria Oregon)  5 Stars
November 24, 2009
I am a health care professional. I bought this book to assist me in leading a support group for those with Chronic Lung Disease. This book helps to explain many of the intricate details of the conditions in terms that are easy to understand and follow. It also offers a great variety of info on how to cope and live a better life with Lung disease....
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COPD by T. PARDO 5 Stars
April 21, 2009
SINCE I HAVE COPD, I CAN LEARN AND KEEP GOING OVER THIS BOOK AS I WANT, AND TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF THIS BOOK.
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Accurate and thorough by Barb (USA) 5 Stars
March 03, 2009
Sounds like the previous reviewer wanted a sugar-coated overview lacking in specifics. That is not the Dummies style or purpose. This book is for COPD patients as well as the people around them. It is truthful and thorough, offering medically accurate information about all aspects of this disease. Here you'll get details that your doctor won't have time to tell you.
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BRING ON THE DEPRESSION ********TERRIBLE BOOK by E. Thompson (North Carolina)  2 Stars
March 02, 2009
People with COPD do not need a book that is such a DOWNER, in the back of this book it shows how patient will or might need help dressing them selves and needing all kinds of personnal care. Like DEATH is right around the corner!!! Not enough on how exercise and your enviroment can change your ability to cope and function with COPD.. People with COPD are prone to depresion so a book like this is not what they need!!!! See my other review I found a great book on COPD
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Very helpful easy to read book by sbs (NC)  4 Stars
September 09, 2008
This book is very helpful in understanding what COPD is and especially in understanding what the test numbers mean. The more you know about a disease the easier it is to manage it. Doctors don't always have time to explain things in detail. I was able to ask better questions at my next appointment.
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