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Women, Work, and Autoimmune Disease

Keep Working, Girlfriend!

Authors

Rosalind Joffe, MEd

Joan Friedlander,

Joan Friedland, MD, MPH

Description

Women, Work, and Autoimmune Disease is a book for women who live with chronic illness, encouraging them to stay employed to preserve their independence and sense of self. Rich with information and inspiration, it is the voice of warmth, wisdom, understanding, and compassion.

Filled with tips, tricks and first-person accounts from women who have made similar choices in their own lives, this unique book is a resounding call for self-reliance and resilience. The book identifies the factors that making working particularly difficult for women with autoimmune disease, and then offers practical suggestions to address them.

The authors take a hard, yet inspirational look at what it takes be successful in a job, including developing strategies and tactics, evaluating communication skills, building a support team and considerations for self-employment.

Women, Work, and Autoimmune Disease covers issues such as:

The complex nature of autoimmune disease
The correlation between disease, diagnosis, and career development
How life-changing strategies and concrete tactics can allow you to discover the spirit within

Contents

"What Is an Autoimmune Disease, and Why Is It a Women's Issue?
Why Should You Keep Working?
The Challenges of the Workplace
Relationship among Diagnosis, Disease Course, and Career Development
Success in the Workplace: When Knowledge and Experience Are Not Enough
Talking about Your Chronic Illness
You're Fired by Your Body or Your Boss
Building Your Support Team
Developing Your Warrior Spirit: Hope and Resilience
Resources"

Authors

Rosalind Joffe, MEd, Building on her experience living with chronic illnesses, including MS and ulcerative colitis, Rosalind Joffe founded the executive career coaching practice, cicoach.com, dedicated to help others with chronic illness develop the competencies they need to succeed.

Joan Friedlanderis the owner of Lifework Business Partners, an international coaching and training company.

Joan A. Friedland, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Medicine of the Department of Medicine and Associate Professor of the Center for Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. She is Associate Chief of the Medical service at the Houston VA Medical Center.

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