The First Year--Hepatitis C: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed - Softcover

Bruce, Cara; Montanarelli PhD, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 156924541X ISBN 13: 9781569245415

Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2002

Synopsis

The number of people infected with the Hepatitis C virus has risen to a staggering 200 million worldwide, yet there is surprisingly little information available to the public about this silent epidemic. Cara Bruce and Lisa Montanarelli, both of whom live with Hepatitis C and have become experts on the condition, guide those newly diagnosed step-by-step through the first year following diagnosis. They provide crucial information about the nature of the disease, treatment options, diet, exercise, the myriad of emotional issues that accompany the diagnosis, and much more. The First Year--Hepatitis C will be an invaluable guide for everyone struggling to rebuild their lives after a Hepatitis C diagnosis.

About this title

About the Author

Cara Bruce is an accomplished writer who has served as senior editor for three online magazines and has edited three fiction anthologies. Her work has appeared on Salon.com and in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and more than a dozen anthologies. She was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2000.

Lisa Montanarelli, a freelance writer and sex educator, received her B.A. from Yale and her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from U.C. Berkeley. Her work has appeared on AFP.com (Agence France-Presse), on HIVinsite.com and in the San Francisco Bay Guardian and other publications. She was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1990. Cara and Lisa both live in San Francisco.

Teresa L. Wright, MD, is Chief of the Gastroenterology Section at the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. A prolific author in peer-reviewed journals, she has lectured nationally and internationally on hepatitis C and B. She has been a visiting professor at sixteen universities in the US and Canada. Dr. Wright is a member of the Council of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

Reviews

The authors, who are both infected with hepatitis C (HCV), add to Marlowe's "First Year" series for new patients with a how-to-respond guide that moves from the day of diagnosis through the first year of coping. HCV, a blood-borne virus, infects nine million Americans and nearly 200 million people worldwide. Even so, the general public remains unaware that this chronic illness is epidemic and that there is no effective treatment for the majority of its victims. The good news, as this book makes clear, is that HCV can be managed. In this straightforward, day-by-day manual, the authors provide a schedule for learning just about everything one needs to know about living with "hep C." This is an exhaustive but simpler and more direct advisory than Carol Turkington's Hepatitis C (LJ 6/1/98); healthcare libraries will want to have both books in their collections. James Swanton, Harlem Hosp. Lib., New York
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Edition details

• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 156924541X
• ISBN 13: 9781569245415
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320