Healing Hepatitis C: A Patient and a Doctor on the Epidemic's Front Lines Tell You How to Recognize When You Are at Risk, Understand Hepatitis C C, and Advocate for Yourself and Others
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (836 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0046LUFCC |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Healing Hepatitis C serves as a valuable sourcebook for medical and treatment information: from what hepatitis C is to what it does, and from what to expect during treatment to how to communicate with your physician, to finding the support you need. Get the facts about Hepatitis C Having hepatitis C can be a transformative, extremely tough experience—especially without the right information. Diana Sylvestre, who has devoted her career to treating hepatitis C sufferers. Together Lawford and Sylvestre offer hope, humor, and medical expertise to help patients, their friends, and families navigate the numerous challenges of hepatitis C virus education, testing, and treatment.. Most of all, it walks you through the process of facing the diagnosis and treatment head-on, showing you that it is possible to get through hepatitis C—to be cured of it—without surrendering your life to it. Healing Hepatitis C remedies that by combining the personal story of Christopher Kennedy Lawford, who unknowingly contracted the virus during his years of drug use, with the medical expertise of Dr. Together they deal with the stigma and misinformation, and the fears and frustrations of this illness
Lucinda K. Porter said Genuine Hope. Healing Hepatitis C is a refreshing change of pace from most other HCV books. Written by Diana Sylvestre, MD and Christopher Kennedy Lawford - the format is a dialog between the two while they simultaneously speak directly to the reader. Sylvestre provides a physician's perspective and Lawford offers good humored insight from the patient's side. This book is warm, honest, and refreshing.This book illustrates some of the turmoil that we experience over . powerful book Christopher Lawford has written a very powerful, informative book which deals with a serious disease. You'll want to read it - it's informative, easy-to-read, and simply a must!. The Facts at Last What a smart idea, first you get a former drug addict to tell us how he got Hepatitis C and what he did about it, and then you get an informed doctor to break it down for us. What I once thought about Hepatitis C was that Hepatitis C is a death sentence. Now, Hepatitis C does not seem to be such a dark cloud, dead end. Too many times in our past medical issues have been swept under the rug because of moral issues, "they did it to themselves", "they are
He has three children and lives in Marina Del Rey, California.. Christopher Kennedy Lawford is the New York Times bestselling author of Symptoms of Withdrawal. He has worked extensively in Hollywood as an actor, lawyer, executive, and producer
About the AuthorChristopher Kennedy Lawford is the New York Times bestselling author of Symptoms of Withdrawal. He has worked extensively in Hollywood as an actor, lawyer, executive, and producer. He has three children and lives in Marina Del Rey, California.