Understanding women's recovery from illness and trauma / / Margaret H. Kearney

• Autore: Kearney Margaret H. <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 186 p.)
• Disciplina: 616/.0082
• Soggetto topico: Women - Health and hygiene; Women - Diseases - Social aspects; Women - Diseases - Psychological aspects; Social medicine; Psychic trauma; Catastrophic illness - Psychological aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-178) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Introduction; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Why Listen to Women: The Social and Political Context of Women's Health and Illness; Chapter 2 - Reckoning and Reconciling: A Map of Women's Illness and Recovery; Chapter 3 - Cancer and Heart Disease: Responding to a Tragic Diagnosis; Chapter 4 - Learning to Live with it: Integrating Self and Chronic Illness; Chapter 5 - Pain, Immobility, and Stigma: Illness Burdens; Chapter 6 - Family Violence: Recovering from Trauma Past and Present ; Chapter 7 - Eating Disorders and Addiction: Changing Deeply Rooted PatternsChapter 8 - Supporting Women toward Health: Future Directions; References; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on real life experiences, this practical guide identifies the common ground of women who have moved through the difficulties of illness to satisfactory outcomes.
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding women's recovery from illness and trauma
• ISBN: 1-322-41359-2; 1-4522-2059-X; 1-4522-2129-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827632503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Women's Mental Health and Development