Reducing Risks of Cardiovascular Disease

Reducing Risks of Cardiovascular Disease

View the video Reducing the Risks of Cardiovascular Disease (Links to an external site.) by using the off-campus access on the library website. (Instructions for how to view the video)

Based on the video, Reducing the Risks of Cardiovascular Disease and the materials presented in Chapter 13, what are some common problems associated with Cardiovascular Disease? What risk factors are controllable and which are not?

The video Living with Today’s Maladies presents a number of different medical conditions. Based on the information presented in Chapter 12, how might individual and group counseling help both the patients diagnosed with these conditions and their families better adjust to their chronic or worsening illness? What are the options available for families when facing a terminal illness?