How to Survive Being Alive - by Elton Welke & Donald L Dudley (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>In 1977, the theory that stress, positive as well as negative, could lead to accidents or illnesses was far outside the mainstream.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In 1977, the theory that stress, positive as well as negative, could lead to accidents or illnesses was far outside the mainstream. How could a pleasurable and exciting event such as a promotion, a marriage, a financial windfall, a vacation, or even Christmas be a bad thing? In their book, How to Survive Being Alive, authors Elton Welke and the late Dr. Donald L. Dudley put in plain language what many doctors had always suspected-that the body responds to life's highs and lows by lowering its defenses. Dudley and Welke's introduction of life-change scales to laymen clearly identified the possible consequences of experiencing too many changes all at once or making drastic revisions in life-style. They included the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, first created by psycho-physiologists Thomas H. Holmes and Richard H. Rahe, which provided a practical means of measuring the stress-related consequences that certain events and milestones can precipitate. How to Survive Being Alive dramatically and permanently changed the dialog between doctor and patient. As a direct result of its publication in 1977, many more doctors began to consider the physical and mental states of their patients, rather than simply treating symptoms. This classic guide to identifying and learning to cope with stress as well as improving interpersonal relations with others is also surprisingly relevant in our even more hectic twenty-first century world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Lucid Wisdom for learning how to achieve and enjoy a healthy life." --Ray H. Rosenman, M.D., author of Type A Behavior and Your Heart<br><br>I think Dr. Donald Dudley and Elton Welke have succeeded remarkably well in extracting the most important data from the stress literature which has grown to some 120,000 references accumulated in our Library since I wrote my first paper on the subject in 1946. Having devoted all my life to this complex topic, I realize how difficult it is to select what really is practical use in daily life in a light and amusing style .... Despite the many books that attempted to do the same (including my own), I am convinced that this volume is among the best and will be of value to a large public and receive the enthusiastic reception it so well deserves. <p/>Hans Selye, M.D, Ph.D., D.Sc.<br>President, Institut International Du Stress<br>Montreal, Canada <p/>"At last, an all-encompassing book on stress!"<br>--Augusta Chronicle-Herald <p/>"Readable and practical!"<br>--Cedar Rapids Gazette<br>
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