Coping with Physical Illness

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Overview and Perspective

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Crisis of Physical Illness: An Overview

      • Rudolf H. Moos, Vivien Davis Tsu

      Pages 3-21

3. The Crisis of Illness: Stillbirth and Birth Defects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-26

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   2. Chronic Grief

      • Pat Ludder Jackson

      Pages 27-34

   3. Maternal Reaction to the Loss of Multiple Births

      • George M. Burnell

      Pages 35-41

   4. Counseling Parents after the Birth of an Infant with Down’s Syndrome

      • Deborah A. Golden, Jessica G. Davis

      Pages 43-54

4. The Crisis of Illness: Cancer

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-58

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   2. Bearing Cancer

      • John Hinton

      Pages 59-72

   3. A Brave Family Faces Up to Breast Cancer

      • Lester David

      Pages 73-79

   4. Family Mediation of Stress

      • David M. Kaplan, Aaron Smith, Rose Grobstein, Stanley E. Fischman

      Pages 81-96

5. The Crisis of Illness: Cardiovascular Disease

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-101

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   2. Psychological Hazards of Convalescence Following Myocardial Infarction

      • Howard A. Wishnie, Thomas P. Hackett, Ned H. Cassem

      Pages 103-112

   3. Psychological Responses to the Experience of Open-Heart Surgery

      • Chase Patterson Kimball

      Pages 113-133

   4. Rehabilitating the Stroke Patient through Patient—Family Groups

      • Judith Gregorie D’afflitti, G. Wayne Weitz

      Pages 135-144

6. The Crisis of Illness: Severe Burns

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-147

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   2. Long-Term Adjustment and Adaptation Mechanisms in Severely Burned Adults

      • N. J. C. Andreasen, A. S. Norris

      Pages 149-166

   3. Adjustment Problems of the Family of the Burn Patient

      • Gene A. Brodland, N. J. C. Andreasen

      Pages 167-176

7. The Crisis of Illness: Chronic Conditions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-181

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   2. Long-Term Physical Illness in Childhood: A Challenge to Psychosocial Adaptation

      • Ake Mattsson

      Pages 183-199

This book discusses how human beings cope with serious physical ill­ ness and injury. A conceptual model for understanding the process of coping with the crisis of illness is provided, and basic adaptive tasks and types of coping skills are identified. The major portion of the book is organized around various types of physical illness. These physical illnesses, which almost all people face either in themselves or their family members, raise common relevant coping issues. The last few sections cover "the crisis of treatment," emphasizing the importance of unusual hospital environments and radical new medical treatments, of stresses on professional staff, and of issues related to death and the fear of dying. The material highlights the fact that people can successfully cope with life crises such as major ill­ ness and inj ury, rather than the fact that severe symptoms and/or breakdowns sometimes occur. The importance of support from professional care-givers, such as physicians, nurses, and social workers, and from family, friends, and other sources of help in the community, is emphasized. Many of the selections include case examples which serve to illustrate the material. Coping with Physical Illness has been broadly conceived to meet the needs of a diverse audience. There is substantial information about how human beings cope with illness and physical disability, but this material has never been collected in one place.

• breast cancer
• care
• hospital
• information
• intensive care
• nursing
• oncology
• stress
• surgery
• treatment

• Stanford University Medical Center, USA

  Rudolf H. Moos

• Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, USA

  Rudolf H. Moos

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