Ch. 1. Client power resources
Ch. 2. Analysis of coping with illness
Ch. 3. Development of the concept of powerlessness: a nursing diagnosis
Pt. II. Vulnerabilities across the life span
Ch. 4. Stress and coping: psychoneuroimmunology
Ch. 5. Chronic sorrow in long-term illness across the life span
Ch. 6. Courage in young adults with long-term health concerns
Ch. 7. Middlescent obese women: overcoming powerlessness
Ch. 8. Powerlessness in elderly persons: preventing hopelessness
Pt. III. Coping with specific chronic health problems
Ch. 9. Powerlessness in persons with end-stage renal disease
Ch. 10. Profiles of locus of control and coping in persons with peripheral vascular disease
Ch. 11. Energy deficits in chronically ill persons with arthritis: fatigue
Ch. 12. Adjustment, coping resources, and care of the client with multiple sclerosis
Ch. 13. Coping with chronic lung disease: maintaining quality of life
Ch. 14. Empowering persons affected by acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Pt. IV. Selected nursing strategies
Ch. 15. Literature: a dimension of nursing therapeutics
Ch. 16. Imagery as a means of coping
Ch. 17. Facilitating behavior change in chronically ill persons
Ch. 18. Enhancing self-esteem
