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Families living with chronic illness and disability : interventions, challenges, and opportunities / Paul W. Power, Arthur E. Dell Orto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Power, Paul W.
- Series:
- Springer series on rehabilitation (Unnumbered)
- Springer series on rehabilitation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chronically ill--Family relationships.
- Chronically ill.
- People with disabilities--Family relationships.
- People with disabilities.
- Chronically ill--Rehabilitation.
- People with disabilities--Rehabilitation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Springer Pub., c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- To help families manage an intense medical-related event, Power and Dell Orto propose that a family-oriented life and living perspective should be combined with a family intervention philosophy. Stressing acknowledgment of the adverse effects of the illness and an affirmation approach to family struggle and opportunities, the authors explore issues relevant to treatment, family adaptation, quality of life, and family survival. A unique feature of the text includes the organization of the chapters around thought-provoking personal statements followed by questions/experiential tasks designed to
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Family Dynamics in Illness and Disability; Part II: Family Interventions; Part III: Selected Family Issues; Author Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-81822-4
- 9786611818227
- 0-8261-5582-0
- OCLC:
- 476262096
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