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Prospects of Heart Surgery

Psychological Adjustment to Coronary Bypass Grafting

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  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. Alan Radley

    1. Department of Social Sciences, University of Technology, Loughborough, England

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Part of the book series: Contributions to Psychology and Medicine (CONTRIBUTIONS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  3. II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Living With Coronary Disease

      • Alan Radley
      Pages 61-92

    3. The Anticipation of Surgery

      • Alan Radley
      Pages 93-122

    4. After Surgery— Relief and Recovery

      • Alan Radley
      Pages 123-150

    5. One Year Later—Restoring Health and Social Life

      • Alan Radley
      Pages 151-180

  4. III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Development of Theory

      • Alan Radley
      Pages 183-199

    3. Implications and Applications

      • Alan Radley
      Pages 200-215

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 216-246
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Prospects of Heart Surgery: Psychological Adjustment to Coronary Bypass Grafting reports on a study of how patients and their spouses adjusted to the prospect, and then to the outcome, of coronary graft surgery. The focus upon patients' social relationships rather than upon individuals reveals that the way people bear their illness, and adapt to symptom removal, is part of a wider adjustment involving both the spouse and other individuals. The book offers, as one of its main contributions, a social-psychological approach to the study of illness in general. It sets out a new methodology which might be applied in a number of illness contexts. Using both qualitative and quantitative analyses, Prospects of Heart Surgery describes differences between smooth and problematic approaches to surgery as well as variations in the experience of rehabilitation afterwards.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social Sciences, University of Technology, Loughborough, England

    Alan Radley

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