Handbook of families & health [[electronic resource] ] : interdisciplinary perspectives / / D. Russell Crane, Elaine S. Marshall, editors

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (545 p.)
• Disciplina: 613
• Soggetto topico: Families - Health and hygiene; Social medicine
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CraneD. Russell MarshallElaine S
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 - Family Development in the Face of Cancer; 2 - Hostility, Marriage, and the Heart; 3 - Health Issues in Latino Families and Households; 4 - Identifying Patterns of Managing Chronic Conditions; 5 - Chronic Disease and African American Families; 6 - The Pain and the Promise of Unfilled Dreams: Infertile Couples; 7 - Eating Disorders and the Family; 8 - Families and Major Mental Illness; 9 - Families, Coping Styles, and Health; 10 - Families, Poverty, and Children's Health; 11 - Parental HIV/AIDS; 12 - Families, Health, and Genomics ; 13 - Treatment Decisions When Death Is Near14 - Assessing Eldercare Needs; 15 - Death, Grief, and Bereavement in Families; 16 - Family-Centered Health Policy Analysis; 17 - Using Agent-Based Modeling to Simulate the Influence of Family-Level Stress on Disease Progression; 18 - Research on the Historical Demography of Families and Health; 19 - Study of Family Health and the NIH: The Search for Research Support; 20 - Developing Partnerships in Commissioned Research: A Perspective From England; 21 - Swirling Waters: History and Current Choices for Families to Navigate Health Care Financing ; Part IV: INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE FAMILY HEALTH22 - Improving Health Through Family Interventions; 23 - Does DNA Determine Destiny? A Role for Medical Family Therapy With Genetic Screening/Testing for Breast Cancer and Other Genetic Illnesses; 24 - Interventions With Family Caregivers; 25 - Facing What Can and Cannot Be Said: Working With Families, Parents, and Couples When a Parent Has a Serious Illness; 26 - Maximizing Patients' Health Through Engagement With Families; 27 - Interventions With Families of an Acutely or Critically Ill Child ; End Note: Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Families and HealthAuthor Index; Subject Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: A broad ranging collection, as the title might suggest, the essays consider the subject from the perspectives of family studies, marriage & family therapy, nursing & family medicine gerontology, health psychology & behavioural medicine, social work & social policy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of families & health
• ISBN: 1-322-41657-5; 1-4522-6322-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910478868103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II