Coping with Physical Illness
Rudolf H. Moos
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Description for Coping with Physical Illness
Paperback. Num Pages: 452 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 663.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461590910
SKU
V9781461590910
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Ref
99-15
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