Living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Narratives of Coping Contributor(s): McCormick, Gail (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786408871 ISBN-13: 9780786408870 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: The people profiled in this book tell how you can create a positive life when you no longer can work, shop, attend church and public events or socialize without unpleasant, or worse, consequences to your health from low-level chemical exposures. Living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity is a collection of personal stories describing the lives and coping strategies of people with MCS from all over North America. It describes dozens of alternatives to the kinds of isolation and hopelessness that threaten people with this illness. Laced with inspiration, courage and humor, these stories dispel myths associated with people who have MCS, and will help others to articulate their own experience of the illness to family, friends, coworkers, and health care providers. Foreword by Pamela Reed Gibson of James Madison University. Appendices include a medical overview, resources for further information and support, and |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology - Medical | Pathology - Social Science |
Dewey: 616.07 |
LCCN: 00046461 |
Series: McFarland Health Topics |
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.08" W x 9.12" (0.91 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Health & Fitness |
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Publisher Description: The people profiled in this book tell how you can create a positive life when you no longer can work, shop, attend church and public events or socialize without unpleasant, or worse, consequences to your health from low-level chemical exposures. Living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity is a collection of personal stories describing the lives and coping strategies of people with MCS from all over North America. It describes dozens of alternatives to the kinds of isolation and hopelessness that threaten people with this illness. Laced with inspiration, courage and humor, these stories dispel myths associated with people who have MCS, and will help others to articulate their own experience of the illness to family, friends, coworkers, and health care providers. Foreword by Pamela Reed Gibson of James Madison University. Appendices include a medical overview, resources for further information and support, and a sociologists' view of MCS by Steve Kroll-Smith, director of the Environmental Social Science Research Institute, University of New Orleans. Includes photographs of persons whose lives are described. |