Life with chronic illness social and psychological dimensions
Title:
Life with chronic illness social and psychological dimensions
Author:
Royer, Ariela.
ISBN:
9780313025426
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 211 p.)
Contents:
Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Chronic Illness: An Overview; Part I. Characteristics and Consequences of Chronic Illness; 1. Uncertainty: A Key Characteristic of Chronic Illness; 2. The Stigma of Chronic Illness; 3. Social Isolation: A Major Consequence; Part II. Managing Chronic Illness: Adaptation; 4. Adaptation as Distinguished from Coping; 5. Factors Influencing Adaptation; Part III. Living with Chronic Illness: Normalization; 6. Factors Affecting Normalization; 7. Behavioral Strategies of Normalization; 8. Cognitive Strategies of Normalization.
Abstract:
Many healthcare professionals are focusing their concerns on controlling symptoms and minimizing physical distress while failing to deal with the social and psychological factors related to living with long-term chronic illness. Ariela Royer makes an important contribution to the study of health and illness behavior by showing the various strategies chronically ill people use to manage their symptoms and overcome the consequences of their particular illness, so they can live the most normal life possible and maintain their self-esteem.
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