Five Gifts of Illness A Reconsideration

- A groundbreaking reevaluation of life after the diagnosis of a serious condition: Jill Sklar's unprecedented synthesis draws upon her original interviews with more than 100 survivors of major illness, the findings of dozens of published studies, and her own experience with illness--as well as her subtle, thorough reconsideration of work by such previous writers in the field as Elisabeth Kubler-Ross--that, altogether, is a visionary and life-affirming rethinking of illness and its consequences. - A patient-expert of the first order--an author who knows profoundly of what she writes: Sklar, herself diagnosed with unremitting Crohn's disease when she was twenty, has undergone multiple major surgeries and struggles to cope with the physical effects of the disease and its treatment. - A valuable source of hope and guidance for the millions of Americans who survive and live with life-threatening illness: The Five Gifts of Illness offers a community of empathy for the many millions of Americans struggling to understand and assess their lives after a major diagnosis, while also providing their families and friends with insight into what their loved ones are going through. Among its key findings: Survivors experienced a new sense of emotional equilibrium, treasured relationships to a greater degree, discovered a deeper sense of the passage of time as well as for their physical being, increased their altruistic acts, and reset life goals to reflect shifted priorities.Sklar, Jill is the author of 'Five Gifts of Illness A Reconsideration', published 2007 under ISBN 9781569242995 and ISBN 1569242992.