This latest volume in the award-winning Key Aspects series is a compendium of current research on chronic illness. It includes an overview of important issues in chronic illness -- such as self-management and health behavior change -- by some of the most distinguished experts in the field. The book concludes with a discussion of how to apply research to practice. Clinicians will find this an important resource for evidence-based practice. Contributors include Martha Hill, Kate Lorig, and Susan Folkman.