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Couple Relationships and Cancer

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Cancer patients and their partners experience significant stressors and challenges that contribute to poor quality of life. Couple-based interventions hold great promise in cancer because they can simultaneously address patient, partner, and relationship concerns. However, they are seldom implemented in healthcare settings as part of routine care. This chapter will begin with an overview of challenges faced by couples coping with cancer. Next, different perspectives that have shaped descriptive and intervention research on couples’ psychosocial adaptation to cancer will be described. The chapter will conclude with clinical implications and directions for future research.

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Badr, H. (2022). Couple Relationships and Cancer. In: Steel, J.L., Carr, B.I. (eds) Psychological Aspects of Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85702-8_3

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