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Coping with Physical Illness

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  • © 1977

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Editors:
  1. Rudolf H. Moos

    1. Stanford University Medical Center and Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, USA

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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Mental Health (CTMH)

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Overview and Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Crisis of Physical Illness: An Overview

      • Rudolf H. Moos, Vivien Davis Tsu
      Pages 3-21

  3. The Crisis of Illness: Stillbirth and Birth Defects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-26
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    2. Chronic Grief

      • Pat Ludder Jackson
      Pages 27-34

    3. Maternal Reaction to the Loss of Multiple Births

      • George M. Burnell
      Pages 35-41

    4. Counseling Parents after the Birth of an Infant with Down’s Syndrome

      • Deborah A. Golden, Jessica G. Davis
      Pages 43-54

  4. The Crisis of Illness: Cancer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-58
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    2. Bearing Cancer

      • John Hinton
      Pages 59-72

    3. A Brave Family Faces Up to Breast Cancer

      • Lester David
      Pages 73-79

    4. Family Mediation of Stress

      • David M. Kaplan, Aaron Smith, Rose Grobstein, Stanley E. Fischman
      Pages 81-96

  5. The Crisis of Illness: Cardiovascular Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-101
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    2. Psychological Hazards of Convalescence Following Myocardial Infarction

      • Howard A. Wishnie, Thomas P. Hackett, Ned H. Cassem
      Pages 103-112

    3. Psychological Responses to the Experience of Open-Heart Surgery

      • Chase Patterson Kimball
      Pages 113-133

    4. Rehabilitating the Stroke Patient through Patient — Family Groups

      • Judith Gregorie D’Afflitti, G. Wayne Weitz
      Pages 135-144

  6. The Crisis of Illness: Severe Burns

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-147
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    2. Long — Term Adjustment and Adaptation Mechanisms in Severely Burned Adults

      • N. J. C. Andreasen, A. S. Norris
      Pages 149-166

    3. Adjustment Problems of the Family of the Burn Patient

      • Gene A. Brodland, N. J. C. Andreasen
      Pages 167-176

  7. The Crisis of Illness: Chronic Conditions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-181
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    2. Long — Term Physical Illness in Childhood: A Challenge to Psychosocial Adaptation

      • Ake Mattsson
      Pages 183-199
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About this book

This book discusses how human beings cope with serious physical ill­ ness and injury. A conceptual model for understanding the process of coping with the crisis of illness is provided, and basic adaptive tasks and types of coping skills are identified. The major portion of the book is organized around various types of physical illness. These physical illnesses, which almost all people face either in themselves or their family members, raise common relevant coping issues. The last few sections cover "the crisis of treatment," emphasizing the importance of unusual hospital environments and radical new medical treatments, of stresses on professional staff, and of issues related to death and the fear of dying. The material highlights the fact that people can successfully cope with life crises such as major ill­ ness and injury, rather than the fact that severe symptoms and/or breakdowns sometimes occur. The importance of support from professional care-givers, such as physicians, nurses, and social workers, and from family, friends, and other sources of help in the community, is emphasized. Many of the selections include case examples which serve to illustrate the material. Coping with Physical Illness has been broadly conceived to meet the needs of a diverse audience. There is substantial information about how human beings cope with illness and physical disability, but this material has never been collected in one place.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Stanford University Medical Center and Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, USA

    Rudolf H. Moos

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Coping with Physical Illness

  • Editors: Rudolf H. Moos

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Mental Health

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2256-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Publishing Corporation 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-2258-0Published: 22 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-2256-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 440

  • Topics: Psychiatry

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