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Understanding women's recovery from illness and trauma /

"How do we cousel women who are facing or recovering from serious illness and other health crises? This book draws on qualitative data from a variety of sources and offers a theoretical model of women's health and identity." "It will be particularly interesting to graduate and un...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kearney, Margaret H., 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1999.
Colección:Women's mental health and development ; v. 4.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Series Editor's Introduction / Barbara F. Okun
  • 1. Why Listen to Women: The Social and Political Context of Women's Health and Illness
  • 2. Reckoning and Reconciling: A Map of Women's Illness and Recovery
  • 3. Cancer and Heart Disease: Responding to a Tragic Diagnosis
  • 4. Learning to Live With It: Integrating Self and Chronic Illness
  • 5. Pain, Immobility, and Stigma: Illness Burdens
  • 6. Family Violence: Recovering From Trauma Past and Present
  • 7. Eating Disorders and Addiction: Changing Deeply Rooted Patterns
  • 8. Supporting Women Toward Health: Future Directions.