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Navigating Life with Multiple Sclerosis: Brain and Life Books

Autor Kathleen Costello, Rosalind Kalb, Barbara S. Giesser
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 apr 2025
Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes a myriad of physical, cognitive, and emotional symptoms that impact function and quality of life for those with the disease and those providing care. Navigating Life with Multiple Sclerosis is a practical guide for meeting the challenges of this life-long, unpredictable disease.This insightful guide offers a detailed description of the essential components of comprehensive MS care, from disease and symptom management, rehabilitation to enhance function, safety and independence, social and emotional support, and attention to overall health and wellness for both patients and caregivers. Each chapter offers solutions and guidance based upon the authors' interdisciplinary perspectives and years of clinical and research experience. The person with MS is the center of the care team and this book provides guidance for communicating effectively with healthcare providers, participating comfortably in shared decision making, and advocating confidently for personal healthcare needs and priorities.
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ISBN-13: 9780197748695
ISBN-10: 0197748694
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:2
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Seria Brain and Life Books

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

Kathleen Costello, ANP-BC, MSCN is the Chief Operating Officer for Can Do Multiple Sclerosis, an organization dedicated to delivering health and wellness education for families living with MS. She is also adjunct faculty in the Division of Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Costello earned both her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science degrees at the University of Maryland. She is a Board-certified Adult Nurse Practitioner and is also certified as an MS nurse. She specialized in MS care for more than 25 years in academic comprehensive care centers as a nurse and as a nurse practitioner at the University of Maryland and John Hopkins University MS Centers. She is a past president of the International Organization of MS Nurses and previously chaired the MS Specialist Certification Committee for the Consortium of MS Centers. She has worked with the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation on theirsuccessful efforts to add MS medications to the World Health Organization essential medicines list and has written and lectured extensively on MS and MS care.Rosalind Kalb, PhD, is the Senior Programs Consultant for Can Do Multiple Sclerosis. She is a clinical psychologist, providing MS care and education for over 40 years. After receiving her doctorate from Fordham University in New York, she provided mental health services and cognitive remediation at the Medical Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for MS at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and later at the MS Comprehensive Care Center in White Plains, NY. Dr. Kalb joined the National MS Society in 2000, creating online resources and educational materials for individuals and families living with MS and healthcare professionals until 2017. Barbara S. Giesser, MD, FAAN, FANA, is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Neurology at the David Geffan UCLA School of Medicine and currently leads the MS program atPacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, CA. She is an internationally recognized clinician and award-winning educator who has specialized in the care of persons with Multiple Sclerosis for over 40 years. Dr. Giesser received her BS from the University of Miami, her MS from the University of Texas School of Biomedical Sciences in Houston, and her MD from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She completed her neurology residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and did fellowship training in MS there at the Medical Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for MS. She was faculty at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine from 1983 until 1991 and was subsequently faculty at the University of Arizona Health Science Center before joining UCLA in 2002.