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Control Your Child’s Asthma: A Breakthrough Program for the Treatment and
Management of Childhood Asthma
By Harold J. Farber MD and Michael Boyette.
Published by Henry Holt & Co. May
2001. 231 pages.
What people are saying about it:
Pam K. Valois (Health Education,
"I looked over your book and think it is just great! The friendly style, the organization, and the thoroughness of info. makes it very readable. I am very impressed."
Thomas Plaut, MD (Author of Children
with Asthma, A Manual for Parents):
"Congratulations,
Hal on "Control Your Child's Asthma". You and Michael
Boyette have done a excellent job in writing a
informative and accessible
book. I wish you and the book great success."
Kevin
Weiss, MD (Director, Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern
“I offer a note of hearty congratulations to you
and Michael on a job well done. You have
developed an excellent monograph for persons with asthma. I hope and trust that it will be widely and
well received.”
*****MUST READ!!,
"This book is
wonderful. Every parent of a child with asthma must read it. I
have searched and searched for information this helpful and
practical for
two years. The book gave me confidence in our Dr. (who is
always too busy
to give us much information), but also pointed out some areas
we need to
work on with the Dr. I always question all the medication we
give our son.
After reading this book, I feel I understand asthma and the
current
treatment plans."
Michael Moseley, in a
book review published in the
“This is by far one of the best resource
tools a parent (of a child with asthma) can own”
Vicki Legion (Director Community Health Works, a joint
program of City College of San Francisco and
“Wanted to let you know we are all reading
the book furiously and learning
really a lot!
When you gave it to I confess to having the thought cross my
mind:
"I've read it all before."
But as I read I
noticed that I was
learning something new on literally each page.It's rich and deep and speaks
with the authority of practice. I'm
recommending that YES WE CAN adopt it
as our official self-study book which we
assign to case managers and
community health workers … Thanks for your great
work, Hal! It's really a wonderful
contribution. We will also tout it in
our upcoming newsletter. “
John Neil
Rhoades, Asthma Guide on About.com writes:
“If I had to review this book in a single
word, it would be "Outstanding!" I'll definitely be recommending this
book to my patients, their families, and our Support and Forum Group members
with children. The writing is insightful and inspirational, especially the
introductory text: "How to Use This Book" and "Introduction: The
Mystery Epidemic." Someone did their homework on finding out how children
and their parents feel while dealing with this disease.
This book reads easily, using language
that is simple and concise without over use of medical jargon. The book follows
a natural progression that makes sense and in some ways reads more like a novel
than an instructional text. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put the book
down. I think any parent of an asthmatic child will find this book extremely
helpful, not only from an instructional standpoint, but also in its offering of
emotional support.
The medical basis of the book is firmly
rooted in the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, Expert Panel
Report, Guidelines for the
Diagnosis and Management of Asthma.
It also addresses alternative remedies in a realistic and common sense
manner. The book does a great job of explaining how an asthma plan can improve
asthma control. It also give parents some excellent advice on some day to day
social issues such as dealing with schools, insurance companies, and travel,
just to mention a few. If you have a child with asthma, get this book”.