Coping Successfully With Hepatitis C

by Richard English, Graham Foster

This book is intended for those who have Hepatitis C and for the health professionals who treat them. It gathers together much information available elsewhere, especially concerning the full range of treatment options, counselling options and support groups. It looks at all aspects of this illness, its symptoms, diagnosis and treatments both conventional and alternative, including Chinese medicine. It also discusses the psychological aspects of coping with hepatitis C and includes comments from other hepatitis C sufferers.

Paperback

First published July 1, 1999

About the author

Richard English is a historian from Northern Ireland. He was born in Belfast in 1963. His father, Donald English (1930–1998) was a prominent Methodist preacher. He studied as an undergraduate at Keble College, Oxford, and subsequently at Keele University, where he was awarded a PhD in History. He was first employed by the Politics Department at Queen's University Belfast in 1990 and became a professor in 1999. He is currently teaching at the University of St Andrews.