Self-Care,Self-Help,and the Elderly

Sehnert K. W. and Eisenberg H. , How to Be Your Own Doctor (Sometimes), Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1975.

Levin A. , Talk Back to Your Doctor, Doubleday and Company, New York, 1975.

Tracy G. S. and Gussow Z. , Self-Help Groups: A Grass-Roots Response to a Need for Services, J. Appl. Behav. Sci., 12, pp. 381–396, Summer 1976.

Marieskind H. I. and Ehrenreich B. , Toward Socialist Medicine: The Women's Health Movement, Social Policy, 6, pp. 34–43, September/October 1975.

Katz A. H. and Bender E. I. , Self-Help Groups in Western Society: History and Prospects, J. Appl. Behav. Sci., 12, pp. 265–282, Summer 1976.

Riessman F. , The Self-Help Movement Has Arrived, Social Policy, 6, pp. 63–64, March/April 1976.

Levin L. , Self Care: An International Perspective, Social Policy, 7, pp. 70–75, September/October 1976.

Briggs H. C. , Summary of Conference, in Self-Help: A Report, New Human Services Institute, New York, 1976.

Culturettes, Scientific Products, Evanston, Illinois.

Arthur D. Little, Inc., A Survey of Consumer Health Education Programs, published in three parts and available from the National Technical Information Service, 5585 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22151. a. Executive Summary (PB251773), b. Appendix (PB251774), c. Final Report (PB251775).

Green L. W. Werlin S. H. and Schauffler H. H. , Research and Demonstration Issues in Self-Care: Measuring the Decline of Mediococentrism, paper presented at the National Center for Health Services Research, Conference on Self-Care, Washington, D.C., March 1976.

Sehnert K. W. , A Course for Activated Patients, Social Policy, 8, pp. 40–46, November/December 1977.

Thiemann D. , Why the Ambulance Comes Too Late, The Washington Monthly, pp. 32–42, October 1976.

Emergency Medicine, July 1978.

Cousins N. , Anatomy of an Illness (As Perceived by the Patient), New Eng. J. of Med., 295, pp. 1458–1463, December 23, 1976. Reprinted in The Saturday Review, May 28, 1977.

DuBos R. , The Despairing Optimist, The American Scholar, p. 16, Winter 1976/1977.

Gartner A. and Reissman F. , Health Care in a Technological Age, in Self-Help and Health: A Report, New Human Services Institute, New York, 1976.

Borman L. , personal communication, 1978.

Levy L. H. , Self-Help Groups: Types and Psychological Processes, J. Appl. Behav. Sci., 12, pp. 312–313, Summer 1976.

Illich I. , Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health, Pantheon, New York, 1976.

Hess B. B. , Self-Help Among the Aged, Social Policy, 7, pp. 88–99, November/December 1976.

Silver G. A. , The “Care” in Self-Care, paper presented at the National Center for Health Services Research, Conference on Self-Care, Washington, D.C., March 1976.

Fuchs V. , Who Shall Live?, Basic Books, Inc., New York, 1975.

Belloc N. B. and Breslow L. , Relationship of Physical Health Status and Health Practices, Prevent. Med., 1, pp. 409–421, August 1972.

U.S. Public Health Service, Forward Plan for Health FY 1977–81, DHEW Publication No. (OS) 76–50024, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1976.

Fogarty International Center, NIH and The American College of Preventive Medicine, Preventive Medicine USA, Prodist, New York, 1976.

National Health Council, Inc., Toward Health Improvement: A Design for a National Center for Health Education, New York.

Green L. W. , Determining the Impact and Effectiveness of Health Education as It Relates to Federal Policy, report prepared for the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation/Health, U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1976.

Levin L. , Patient Education and Self-Care, paper presented to National Symposium on “Patient Education,” National Education Planning Committee, University of California, San Francisco, 1977.

Riessman F. , How Does Self-Help Work?, Social Policy, 7, pp. 41–45, September/October 1976.

Riessman F. , Self-Help: Dangers and Issues, paper presented at the New Human Services Institute Conference, New York, June 1976.

Sehnert K. Aukward B. and Lesage D. , The Senior Citizen as an “Activated Patient,” mimeographed book prepared for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, March 1976.

Silverman P. R. , Mutual Help Groups and Mental Health Workers, U.S. Public Health Service, DHEW Primary Prevention Publication Series, in preparation.

Levin L. , The Layperson as the Primary Health Care Practitioner, Pub. Health. Rep., 91, pp. 206–210, May/June 1976.

Cooper Laboratories, The Older Patient, Exercise Aids Vital Function, March 1975.

Klafter F. , Grey Panthers Health Task Force, personal communication, 1978.

SAGE, brochure available from SAGE, 2455 Hilgard Avenue, Berkeley, California 94709; Houston J. , New Life Attitudes Begin as Seniors Meet in SAGE, One Woman's Voice, Special Features, New York Times, New York, Sunday, May 25, 1975; Pixa B. , Fountain of Youth for the Elderly, San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle, February 9, 1975.

Gordon J. S. , Final Report to the President's Commission on Mental Health of the Special Study on Alternative Mental Health Services, 1978.

McCourt W. F. Barnett R. D. Brennen J. and Becker A. , We Help Each Other: Primary Prevention for the Widowed, Am. J. Psych., 133, pp. 98–100, January 1976.

Maxwell M. A. and Williams E. P. , Alcoholism and Problem Drinking Among Older Persons: Alcoholics Anonymous and the Older Alcoholic Study, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University, New Jersey.

Lieberman M. A. and Bond G. R. , The Problems of Being a Woman: A Survey of 1,700 Women in Consciousness-Raising Groups, J. Appl. Behav. Sci., 12, p. 363, Summer 1976.

The Myth and Reality of Aging in America, National Council on the Aging, Washington, D.C.

Reissman F. and Dory F. , personal communication, 1978.

The Older Persons Handbook and New York Self-Help Handbook, Citizens Committee for New York City, Inc., 17 Murray Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10007.

Leanse J. and Wagner S. B. , Senior Centers: A Report of Senior Group Programs in America, National Council on the Aging, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1975.

Borman L. , (ed.), Explorations in Self-Help and Mutual Aid: Proceedings of the Self-Help Workshop, June 1974, Center for Urban Affairs, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1975.

Levin L. Katz A. and Hoist E. , Self-Care: Lay Initiatives in Health, Prodist, New York, 1976.

New Dimensions in Health Education, Public Health Reports, May/June 1976.

Self-Help, J. Appl. Behav. Sci., 12, Summer 1976.

Issues in Self-Care, Health Education Monographs, Summer 1977.

Self-Help, Social Policy, 7, September/October 1976.

Older Persons, Social Policy, November/December 1976.

Consumer Education in the Human Services, Social Policy, November/December 1977.

Self-Help and Health: A Report, New Human Services Institute, New York, 1976.

National Self-Help Clearinghouse, Graduate School and University Center/CUNY, 33 West 42nd Street, Room 1227, New York, New York 10036.

Self-Help Institute, Center for Urban Affairs, Northwestern University, 2040 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60201.

Medical Self-Care, Box 717, Inverness, California 94937.

Katz A. and Bender E. , The Strength in Us: Self-Help Groups in the Modern World, New Viewpoints, a Division of Franklin Watts, New York, 1976.

Gartner A. and Riessman F. , Self-Help in the Human Services, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1977.

Caplan G. and Killelea M. , (eds.), Support Systems and Mutual Help: Multidisciplinary Explorations, Grune and Stratton, New York, 1976.