Managing Post-Polio: A Guide to Living and Aging Well With Post-Polio Syndrome has retained all the highly regarded content of the first edition while being fully updated with:

• All-new resources lists and references
• Complete new sections on living and aging well with post-polio syndrome
• Expanded and updated chapters throughout
• Up-to-date information on the latest medical developments
• New personal stories from persons who have prevailed in the face of ongoing disability

Edited by Lauro S. Halstead, M.D., Managing Post-Polio provides a comprehensive overview dealing with the medical, psychological, vocational, and many other challenges of living with post-polio syndrome.

With contributions from over 15 healthcare professionals, the majority of whom are polio survivors themselves, Managing Post-Polio distills and summarizes the wealth of information presented from over the past 20 plus years. It is designed to be a guide to living and aging well for people who have post-polio syndrome, their families, friends, and loved ones, as well as for professionals who need an up-to-date and quick reference in their respective fields.

What they said about the First Edition:
Highly recommended for all consumer health and public library collections. —Starred Review, Library Journal

. . . nontechnical but meticulously detailed . . . An extremely useful work, directed at specific audiences: polios and their families and medical and social welfare personnel who work with polios. — Choice

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