Social Support, Health, and Illness : A Complicated Relationship

Social Support, Health, and Illness A Complicated Relationship

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Roy, R. author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press [2011]
Materias:
Social networks > Health aspects.
Social networks > Therapeutic use.
Patients > Social networks.
Chronically ill > Care.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009799171806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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