Prospects of Heart Surgery
Alan Radley
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Description for Prospects of Heart Surgery
Paperback. Series: Contributions to Psychology and Medicine. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JM; MNH; MNJ; MQV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
Prospects of Heart Surgery: Psychological Adjustment to Coronary Bypass Grafting reports on a study of how patients and their spouses adjusted to the prospect, and then to the outcome, of coronary graft surgery. The focus upon patients' social relationships rather than upon individuals reveals that the way people bear their illness, and adapt to symptom removal, is part of a wider adjustment involving both the spouse and other individuals. The book offers, as one of its main contributions, a social-psychological approach to the study of illness in general. It sets out a new methodology which might be applied in ... Read more
Prospects of Heart Surgery: Psychological Adjustment to Coronary Bypass Grafting reports on a study of how patients and their spouses adjusted to the prospect, and then to the outcome, of coronary graft surgery. The focus upon patients' social relationships rather than upon individuals reveals that the way people bear their illness, and adapt to symptom removal, is part of a wider adjustment involving both the spouse and other individuals. The book offers, as one of its main contributions, a social-psychological approach to the study of illness in general. It sets out a new methodology which might be applied in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Series
Contributions to Psychology and Medicine
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461283843
SKU
V9781461283843
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Ref
99-15
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