| The Arthritis National Research Foundation believes that communication
and education are critical to helping people understand their disease
and learn about current research. Some of the organizations listed
here can provide additional information which may prove beneficial
to you.
Reading
Brewerton, Derrick, M.D., All About Arthritis,
Harvard University Press, 1992.
Bucci, Luke, Ph.D., Pain-Free, The Summit
Group.
Fransen, Jenny, R.N. and Russell, I. Jon, M.D., (University of
Texas), Fibromyalgia Help Book, Smith
House Press, 1996.
Fries, James F., M.D. and Lorig, Kate, R.N., The Arthritis
Helpbook, Fourth Edition, A Tested Self-Management
Program for Coping with Arthritis and Fibromyalgia, Addison- Wesley
Publishing Company, 1995.
Fries, James F., M.D., Arthritis, A
Take Care of Yourself Health Guide (Fourth Edition), Addison-Wesley
Publishing Company, 1995.
Grelsamer, Ronald P., M.D., The Columbia Presbyterian
Osteoarthritis Handbook, Simon & Schuster, 1996.
McIlwain, Harris H., M.D. and Bruce, Debra Fulghum, Stop
Osteoarthritis Now, Simon and Schuster, 1996.
McIlwain, Harris H., M.D. and Bruce, Debra Fulghum, The
Fibromyalgia Handbook, Henry Holt & Company, 1996.
McIlwain, Harris H., M.D., Winning With Arthritis,
John Wiley & Sons, 1991.
Scammell, Henry, The Arthritis Breakthrough - The Road
Back, M. Evans & Co., Inc., 1993.
Starlangl, Devin, M.D., and Copeland, Mary Ellen, M.S., M.A., Fibromyalgia
and Chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome - A Survival Manual,
New Harbinger Publications, 1996.
Williamson, Miryam Ehrlich, Fibromyalgia: A Comprehensive
Approach, Walker & Co., 1996.
Medical Reference Sources:
American Medical Association’s Family Medical
Guide, Random House.
American Medical Association’s Encyclopedia of
Medicine - An A to Z Reference Guide
Johns Hopkins Medical Handbook - The
100 Major Medical Disorders of People Over the Age of 50
Mayo Clinic Family Health Book
American Geriatric Society’s Complete Guide to
Aging and Health
Technical Medical References
Immune Disorders - Professional Care
Guide, Springhouse Corp.
*Immunological Diseases, 4th edition,
volume 2, Editors: Santer, Talmage, Frank, Austen and Clamen, Little
Brown and Company, 1988.
*Santer’s Immunologic Diseases,
5th edition, volume 2, M. Frank, K. Austen, H. Clamen and E. Enanue,
1995.
*Rese, N. and MacKay, I., The Auto Immune Diseases,
Academic Press, 1985.
*Katz, W., Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatoid Diseases,
2nd Edition, J.B. Lippencott, 1988.
*Employed as texts for classes and used by both Ph.D.’s and
M.D.’s for general reference. Available at most medical school
university book stores.
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