Chronic Disease Model

Must include:

Lifestyle routine

Emotions/Feelings --guilt, shame, sadness, fear, pain, self scorn, perceived approval/disapproval, wounds

Habits -- Exercise, chemicals (alcohol, cigs, drugs), TV, Food,

Beliefs/ Wounds/ Perceptions

Support System -- both perceived and real

Knowledge

Access -- financial, location, resources,

Self-esteem and self-efficacy

Spiritual/ Connection

Openness/ Vulnerability

Comments

Michael McCafferty said…

There must be many advantages to the new, proposed paradigm (is there a list?). Among the advantages you would hope that it would save a ton of money. So, would you address the economic issues of the existing and proposed paradigms, please?

I think that the new paradigm will be considerably less costly starting almost immediately. I think people will want to know more about that.

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