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Coping with Physical Illness
Rudolf . Ed(S): Moos
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Description for Coping with Physical Illness
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Moos, Rudolf. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
This book provides new ideas about how patients and their fami lies cope with serious health crises. Biomedical knowledge has expanded abruptly in the past decade during which time diag nostic and treatment procedures have become unusually specific and effective. Similarly, important advances have taken place in our understanding of the central role of psychosocial factors in health and illness. Recent trends have sparked the formulation of useful concepts of coping skills and social resources and have empha sized the value of an active assertive role for patients in the pro cess of obtaining health care. The emergence of subspecialties ... Read more
This book provides new ideas about how patients and their fami lies cope with serious health crises. Biomedical knowledge has expanded abruptly in the past decade during which time diag nostic and treatment procedures have become unusually specific and effective. Similarly, important advances have taken place in our understanding of the central role of psychosocial factors in health and illness. Recent trends have sparked the formulation of useful concepts of coping skills and social resources and have empha sized the value of an active assertive role for patients in the pro cess of obtaining health care. The emergence of subspecialties ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
434
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468447743
SKU
V9781468447743
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Ref
99-15
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