Overview

The people profiled in this book tell how you can create a positive life when you no longer can work, shop, attend church and public events or socialize without unpleasant, or worse, consequences to your health from low-level chemical exposures. Living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity is a collection of personal stories describing the lives and coping strategies of people with MCS from all over North America. It describes dozens of alternatives to the kinds of isolation and hopelessness that threaten people with this illness. Laced with inspiration, courage and humor, these stories dispel myths associated with people who have MCS, and will help others to articulate their own experience of the illness to family, friends, coworkers, and health care providers. Foreword by Pamela Reed Gibson of James Madison University. Appendices include a medical overview, resources for further information and support, and a sociologists' view of MCS by Steve Kroll-Smith, director of the Environmental Social Science Research Institute, University of New Orleans. Includes photographs of persons whose lives are described.

Full Product Details

Author:   Gail McCormick
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780786408870

ISBN 10:   0786408871
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   29 November 2000
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Pamela Gibson Introduction Midwest Stories Elizabeth Schuster Lynn Lawson Nicholas Elijah Weiss Southwest Stories Ann McCampbell Erica Elliott Tomasita Gallegos Roy Bolbery Jennifer Susan Molloy Southern Stories Diane Hamilton Irene Wilkenfeld Linda Angeles California Stories Carolyn Martin Jack Ronan Barbara Wilkie Pacific Northwest Stories Herbert Whitish Alanna and Mariah Ahern Peggy Kadey Don Paladin Jill Holden Christina Jacobs Robbynne Martin John Pruitt Matthew and Danielle Malcolm Terri Crawford Hansen Canadian Stories Karen Forbes Jean MacKenzie Katy Young Bernard Miller A Voice from Belarus Anatoly Khramchenkov A Significant Other Voice Curt Schuster Appendix A—A Sociologist’s View Appendix B—What Is Multiple Chemical Sensitivity? Appendix C—Starting Points for Finding Medical, Emotional and Social Support Appendix D—Recommended Reading Index

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Author Information

Gail McCormick, a woman living with MCS, is a professional mental health counselor and biographer. She lives in Washington.

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