Are There Other Books I Need?

A free guide to choosing the right kind of support for your season, so you can stop guessing and build a small, useful shelf.

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Are There Other Books I Need? is a free CarePlanCompass™ guide that helps you choose support on purpose instead of on impulse. It moves through three parts: The Question Behind the Question, which explains why wanting more is normal and why fit matters more than more information; Choose What Fits You, with four compass questions, bandwidth and season checks, and a clear picture of how Companions, Guides, free Quick Resources, KAJA Prints™ journals, and Pro-Tools fit together; and My Compass Pages, with a compass check, a next-resource plan, a shelf review, and a next-step page. It is also part of the CarePlanCompass™ Guide Understanding Your Care Visits. It is educational support and does not replace individualized medical advice.

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Kessels RPC. Patients' memory for medical information. J R Soc Med. 2003;96(5):219-222. doi:10.1258/jrsm.96.5.219
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Be more engaged in your healthcare. AHRQ;Updated November 2024. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://www.ahrq.gov/questions/be-engaged/index.html Source
Elwyn G, Frosch D, Thomson R, et al. Shared decision making: a model for clinical practice. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27(10):1361-1367. doi:10.1007/s11606-012-2077-6
American Occupational Therapy Association. Occupations and everyday activities. AOTA;Accessed October 15, 2026. https://www.aota.org/practice/domain-and-process/occupations-everyday-activities Source
American Occupational Therapy Association. Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process—Fourth Edition. Am J Occup Ther. 2020;74(Suppl 2):7412410010p1-7412410010p87. doi:10.5014/ajot.2020.74S2001 Source
Lorig KR, Holman HR. Self-management education: history, definition, outcomes, and mechanisms. Ann Behav Med. 2003;26(1):1-7. doi:10.1207/S15324796ABM2601_01
Harkin B, Webb TL, Chang BPI, et al. Does monitoring goal progress promote goal attainment? A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence. Psychol Bull. 2016;142(2):198-229. doi:10.1037/bul0000025
Gardner B, Lally P, Wardle J. Making health habitual: the psychology of 'habit-formation' and general practice. Br J Gen Pract. 2012;62(605):664-666. doi:10.3399/bjgp12X659466
Kinnersley P, Edwards A, Hood K, et al. Interventions before consultations for helping patients address their information needs. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007;(3):CD004565. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD004565.pub2
Bodenheimer T, Lorig K, Holman H, Grumbach K. Patient self-management of chronic disease in primary care. JAMA. 2002;288(19):2469-2475. doi:10.1001/jama.288.19.2469 Source

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