The way tbe patient suffers and the way tbe nursing staff
and other healt professionals help the patient to manage
a chronic experience are key factors in tbe treatment of
sarcoidosis. The work of the nurse Imogene King (1981)
is used to provide a helpful structure for care in a way that transfers across all of the various types or manifestations of
sarcoidosis. As a result the reader will be able to understand
wbat this rare disease can do, what can be done about it, and
how to help the patients suffering from chronic sarcoidosis