Recovering from Heart Disease in Body & Mind: Medical and Psychological Strategies for Living with Coronary Artery Disease

by Brian Harvey Baker

Book Overview

There is an undeniable link between one's state of mind and the ability to recover from heart attacks and other coronary events. Cowritten by a psychiatrist and a cardiologist, this book examines both... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737303603
• ISBN13: 9780737303605
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Lowell House
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Ideal introduction for the non-specialist general reader.

Brian Baker and Paul Dorian's Recovering From Heart Disease In Body & Mind examines connections between a patient's physical and emotional needs after a coronary artery disease diagnosis. Survivors of life-threatening attacks receive chapters which provide an integrated mind/body approach to the recovery process, using six case studies as examples.