Social Support, Health, and Illness : A Complicated Relationship /

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A useful resource for clinical practitioners and researchers, Social Support, Health, and Illness addresses the effects of intimate support on a wide variety of medical and psychiatric conditions, including cancer, dementia, and chronic pain. Ranjan Roy uncovers the complexities underlying social su...

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Main Author: Roy, R. (Ranjan) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, [2011]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social networks > Therapeutic use.
Social networks > Health aspects.
Patients > Social networks.
Chronically ill > Care.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
MEDICAL > Home Care.
Malades chroniques > Soins.
Patients > Reseaux sociaux.
Reseaux sociaux > Emploi en therapeutique.
Social Support
Community Networks
Chronic Disease > nursing
Chronic Disease > psychology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Social Support and Health: An Overview
  • 2 Chronic Childhood Physical Illnesses: Special Challenges
  • 3 Spousal and Long-term Partnership Support: How Critical Is It?
  • 4 Chronic Pain and Social Support
  • 5 Depression in Perspective
  • 6 Dementia and Social Support: Who Cares for the Caregivers?
  • 7 Breast Cancer and Social Support: Special Challenges
  • 8 HIV/AIDS and Social Support: A Troubled Zone
  • 9 Social Support and Network Interventions.

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