Cardiac Rehab Reading List

Posted November 10, 1997

Compiled by Michael E. Schwartz, Ph.D.


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Title: Heartmates
Author: Rhoda F. Levin, M. S. W.
Subject: A guide for the spouse and family of the heart patient (340 pages).
Publisher: Pocket Books, division of Simon and Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Copyright: 1994 (revised)
Title: Is It Worth Dying For?
Author: Robert S. Eliot, MD and Dennis L. Breo
Subject: An examination of stress and its effects on health and diseases; particular attention to "hot reactors", work-related stress (259 pages).
Publisher: Bantam Books
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
Copyright: 1989 (revised)
Title: Anger Kills
Author: Redford Williams, MD and Virginia Williams, PhD
Subject: Review of research linking hostility and heart disease; practical strategies for understanding for understanding and reducing anger. (228 pages).
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
10 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022
Copyright: 1993
Title: The Trusting Heart: Great News About a Type A Behavior
Author: Redford Williams, MD
Subject: Relationship between Type A personality and coronary heart disease risk. (240 pages).
Publisher: Times Books, division of Random House, Inc.
New York, NY
Copyright: 1989
Title: You and Your Heart
Author: Paul Kezdi, MD
Subject: How to apply common sense to the preventive maintanance of your heart. (245 pages).
Publisher: The Murray Printing Company
Forge Village, Massachusetts
Copyright: 1977
Title: Anger: How to Live With and Without It
Author: Albert Ellis, PhD
Subject: Understanding the roots of your anger and developing methods of overcoming it. (282 pages).
Publisher: Carol Publishing Group
600 madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Copyright: 1993
Title: The Cooper Clinic Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Author: Neil F. Gordon, MD, Larry W. Gibbons, MD
Subject: Comprehensive, hands-on survival guide from world renowned Cooper Clinic in Dallas, Texas for anyone who's had a heart attack, angioplasty, or bypass surgery, and is in the process of recovery. (480pages).
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Rockefeller Center
1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020
Copyright: 1990
Title: Your Heart: Questions You Have....Answers You Need
Author: Ed Weiner and staff of Peoples Medical Society
Subject: Easy-to-understand question-and-answer format explains what occurs when bad things happen to good hearts, what can be done to prevent and correct these problems, and how to keep your heart healthy for the future. Excellent Glossary.
Publisher: Wing Books (division of Random House
40 Engelhard Avenue Avenel, New Jersey 07001
Copyright: 1993

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