Colitis / Michael P. Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Michael P.

Series:

Experience of illness.

Experience of illness

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ulcerative colitis.

Ileostomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Tavistock/Routledge, 1992.

Summary:

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic condition that has a number of long-term complications and creates certain short-term problems for the sufferer. Michael Kelly, himself a sufferer, describes the experience of ulcerative colitis from the perspective of men and women who have had the disease and examines the social and psychological issues surrounding the condition.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Editors' preface; The background; The start of the trouble; Living with ulcerative colitis; Having the operation; Living with an ileostomy; The experience of colitis and colectomy: coping with illness and surgery; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610071692

OCLC:

475883519