Living and Breathing. Coping with LAM and Other Chronic Illnesses
Description
Faced with a life-threatening chronic ailment, it's natural for patients to grieve over lost health, lost joys, lost possibilities. But some people simply refuse to let illness define their lives. They fight back by taking a proactive approach to medical treatment, and, perhaps more importantly, by insisting that their career goals and personal lives remain top priorities. In this film, women of various backgrounds and nationalities learn to cope with lymphangioleiomyomatosis, or LAM-a rare and eventually fatal lung disease that typically afflicts female, childbearing-age patients. Trained as a social scientist, Amy Farber used her in-depth knowledge and connections in the American medical community to create a LAM-focused research organization. British author and philosophy lecturer Havi Carel continues to distinguish herself in academia. And Corine Durand of FLAM, a French group combating the disease, embraces a new outlook after undergoing a lung transplant. In addition to these inspiring stories, the program contains interviews with medical and scientific experts who share their perspectives on managing and transcending long-term illness.
Runtime
53 min
Subjects
- Lymphangiomyomatosis (1)
- Lungs (83)
- Clinical psychology (56)
- Women (809)
- Mental health (216)
- Palliative treatment (78)
- Psychology (828)
- Self-care, Health (487)
- Chronic diseases (18)
- Respiratory organs (183)
- Pain (164)
- Medical care (561)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2011
Database
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