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BOOKS

This is John's compilation of Books and Websites on Emphysema-COPD

CODING

No stars - for professionals only 

One star - fairly suitable for most patients

Two stars - very suitable for patients

If you wish to buy any of these books or just look up reviews/details then press on the blue links, I'm sorry if it looks untidy but I had some difficulty inserting the links!

VITAL COPD by RachelBooker (2005)

* To order this book from Amazon follow this link. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859591140/breathlesswit-21

COPD (YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED)  by David M.G.Halpin (2003)

* To order this book from Amazon follow this http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0443074380/breathlesswit-21

BEST MEDICINE - COPDÂ by Dr George Kassianos, Dr David Halpin, Dr. Rupert Jones, Dr.Kevin Gruffydd-Jones  http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1905064977/breathlesswit-21              

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE IN PRIMARY CARE by Dr David Bellamy and Rachel Booker *2004 http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859591043/breathlesswit-21

THE CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND EMPHYSEMA HANDBOOK by Dr Francois Haas and Dr. Sheila Sperber Haas **  http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/047123995X/breathlesswit-21

SELF-MANAGEMENT OF LONG-TERM HEALTH CONDITIONS  NHS EXPERT PATIENTS PROGRAMME

(CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COURSE PALS)

COPING WITH COPD:UNDERSTANDING, TREATING AND LIVING WITH COPD     by Thomas L. Petty *  

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312307772/breathlesswit-21   

Churchill's In Clinical Practice Series: COPD and Asthma [Paperback] by David Brice http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0443074682/breathlesswit-21                                                                             

COPD THE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS GUIDE  by JonathanMiles2005* 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859590454/breathlesswit21         

                                                                                                  

COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT OF COPD by Jean Bourbeau 2002 

http://www.amazon.ca/Comprehensive-Management-Copd-Bourbeau/dp/1550091743

    

COPD  Scientific Publishing US. Poster 2003.                                                                                                

http://www.gazellebookservices.co.uk/ISBN/1930633459.htm

FRONTLINE ADVICE FOR COPD PATIENT by Thomas & Good, James Jr. Petty 2005 (I have not read this yet!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1413499643/breathlesswit-21    

                                  

COPD IN PRIMARY CARE by  M. Barnett May 2006

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470019840/breathlesswit-21

An excellent book for GPs although I feel that some aspects of oxygen therapy etc have been glossed over. A useful addition to the book above by Dr. Bellamy and Rachel Booker.

THE JUICING HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO MIXING OVER 200 JUICE DRINKS                                          http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1856056759/breathlesswit-21

Do NOT juice these recipes. Use a food blender - it retains the fibre. The drink may not be as smooth as a juicer but it is better for you.

I have read most of these books and I am indebted to their authors without whom I could not have understood (however limited that understanding might be) COPD or written this Web Site. Where I have adapted some of your material to suit this web site I hope that you will understand that is for the welfare of all patients with COPD. I have also adapted material from a wide range of Internet sites and any publications/pamphlets /newspaper articles that I have come across in the last three years.

www.copdpatientdiary.co.uk

USEFUL WEB ADDRESSES - MOSTLY UK BUT SOME AMERICAN. BROWSE THROUGH THEM ALL. 

www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk   - excellent all round site with plenty of information and includes advice on current weather conditions.

www.emphysema.net/bindex.html   (EFFORTS - American site for emphysema patients). Although this runs an open Forum if you join be prepared for over 20 emails every day - many have nothing to do with UK NHS services. It is of course geered to North America. I suggest you read the articles themselves which are excellent.

www.lunguk.net  a site focusing on better screening and a search for cures instead of palliative care.

www.lunguk.org

Government Policy and Guidance

www.drfoster.co.uk/localServices/consGuide.asp

www.brit-thoracic.org.uk

www.thoracic.org

www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22542

www.nice.org.uk

www.alpha-1.org.uk   Link to causes/symptoms

www.baycitywalker.blogspot.com     asthma/copd/inspirational

www.loveyourlungsbreatheforlife.com

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