Abstract
In examining the potential needs of the relatives of the patient with cancer, we must aim for a flexible approach to that group of people we might call the family. We must consider not only the “conventional family” (1), but also any other individuals who are “key persons”(2) in the life of that patient. When a group of individuals is clustered together in what we call a family, we can no more expect any one particular response to stress than we could expect a standard or stereotyped response from one individual. Nevertheless, there are certain patterns which recur, both in the individual and in groups of people, which we can learn to recognise and which will enable us to help our patients and their relatives.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Oakley, A. (1982), Conventional families. In: Families in Britain (Eds. R.N. Rapoport, M.P. Fogarty). Routledge & Kegan Paul. London.
Parkes, C.M. (1984). Psychological Aspects. In: The Management of Terminal Malignant Disease (Ed. C.M. Saunders). Edward Arnold, London
Marris, P. (1974) Loss and Change. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London
Parkes, C.M., Weiss, R.S. (1983). Recovery from Bereavement. Basic Books, New York.
Parkes, C.M. (1972). Bereavement. Penguin, Harmondsworth.
World Health Organisation (1984). Guidelines for the Relief of Cancer pain, World Health Organisation, Geneva.
Worden, J.W. (1983). Grief and Family Systems. In Grief Counselling and Grief Therapy, Tavistock, London.
Buckman, R. (1984). Breaking bad news. Why is it so difficult? British Medical Journal 288, 1592–9.
Stedeford, A. (1984). Bereavement: complicated grief. In Facing Death — Patients, Families and Professionals, Heinemann Medical, London.
Primary Health Care for Cancer Patients (1983). In Royal College of Psychiatrists Evidence to the DHSS working group on cancer.
Mawson, D., Marks, I.M., Ramm, L., and Stern (1981). Guided mourning for morbid grief. British Journal of Psychiatry, 138, 185–93.
Minuchin, S. (1974). Families and family therapy. Tavistock, London.
Johnson, E.M., Stark, D.E. (1980). A group program for cancer patients and their family members in an acute care teaching hospital. Social Work and Health Care, 5, 335–49.
Parkes, C.M. (1980). Bereavement counselling does it work? British Medical Journal, 281, 3–6.
Berger, J.M. (1984). Crisis intervention: A drop-in support group for cancer patients and their families. Social Work and Health Care, 10, 81–92.
Heinrich, R.L., Schag, C.C. (1984). A behavioural medicine approach to coping with cancer: a case report. Cancer Nursing, 1, 243–7.
Goldberg, R.J., Wool, M., Tull, R., Boor, M. (1984). Teaching brief psychotherapy for spouses of cancer patients: use of a codable supervision format. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 41, 12–19.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1986 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Bluglass, K. (1986). Caring for the Family. In: Stoll, B.A. (eds) Coping with Cancer Stress. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4243-1_17
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4243-1_17
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-0-89838-817-6
Online ISBN: 978-94-009-4243-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive