Reviews and referrals of books about parenting children with terminal or chronic illness.
Browse reviews of parenting books on medical issues from the Harried Parent's Book Club.
Books on medical issues and other more general books in the Harried Parent's Book Club have information for parents of children with special health needs. Read some excerpts to see what they have to offer.
Browse reviews of parenting books on obesity from the Harried Parent's Book Club.
A look at a notebook-and-portfolio set made for keeping track of all your child's medical paperwork and records.
Review of a memoir about a mother's fight for her son with severe cerebral palsy.
A father shares the journey of his son, from premature birth through a year in the hospital through developmental struggles and an autism diagnosis, in a tough, touching, and often darkly humorous memoir.
Review of a book that offers Q&As for teens living with chronic illness and disability.
A review of a comprehensive patient and family guide on epilepsy, now in its third edition.
Those advocating euthanasia promote it as a way to help someone who no longer wishes to live find release -- but does that help ever come in the form of a push? Wesley Smith presents disturbing evidence that what may start out as a humanitarian impulse can quickly turn into survival of the fittest.
A neuropsychologist specializing in traumatic brain injury offers families a detailed description of injury, recovery, and rehabilitation.
Review of a book that offers a guided journal for noting the details of your child's medical treatments, and examples of questions to ask along the way.
Essays by doctors, researchers and parents explain the ways in which the health-care system works for children with special health care needs, and the ways in which it falls short.
A helpful handbook for parents of children with medical disabilities applies the Love and Logic behavior management approach to issues such as taking medication and following through on treatments.
In a series of short essays, adults with disabilities share the decisions their parents made for them, and how things might have been different -- for better or worse.
Review of a book about a girl with a neurological disorder that keeps her from speaking, and her parents' battle to find answers and words for her.
Review of book that offers parents 25 steps to dealing with news of a child's serious illness through coping with the death of a child.
Growing up with a sibling with Cystic Fibrosis is the subject of this tough and perceptive memoir.
Oliver was in a vegetative state from birth, unable to see, hear, move or interact. Yet he inspired all who knew or heard of him to an increased appreciation of the value of all life. This is his brother's story of Oliver's life, and all the lives he touched.
Review of a memoir about a child's struggle for life and a family's love and support.
The incredible saga of the Yurcek family, from nurturing one child through a catastrophic illness to adopting five more with emotional and mental health struggles.
Review of Katherine Schneider's light-hearted book on living with blindness.
The former director of the Mayo Clinic's Pediatric ICU shares stories about critically ill children to advise parents on what to expect when a health crisis occurs.
A little Valentine's Day present: Eight books with "heart" in the title.
Parents and family members of children with chronic or terminal illnesses need special support, advice and direction. These books can help.
