Collector’s Item: Signed by Author, Softback

Karen E. Horowitz, Douglas Lanes, MD, Witness to Illness:
Strategies for Caregiving and Coping
(Addison Wesley, 1992)
 
This book is for those of us who must, at some time in our lives, witness the illness of a significant other—a husband, wife, partner, mother, father, child, sister, brother, family member or friend. Witness to Illness speaks to our feelings of helplessness and perhaps hopelessness, our frustration that we are unable to do anything to restore health to a loved one. The book follows the course of events in a typical illness and suggests practical ways to actively contribute to the survival and well-being of the patient.