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Chronic Respiratory Illness (Gender in Performance)
Chronic Respiratory Illness - Gender in Performance Author:Simon Williams Over the last decade the incidence of Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease (bronchitis, emphysema, and chronic asthma) has increased significantly. It presents a major contemporary medical, psycho-social and economic problem, as one of the leading causes of absence from work. In "Chronic Respiratory Illness" Simon Williams portrays the experience... more » of COAD from the point of view of sufferers and their families, and aims to give a comprehensive review of the relevant psycho-social literature, as well as the implications for health professionals working within this area.« less