Helping Couples Cope with Women's Cancers: An Evidence-Based Approach for Practitioners

by Jennifer L. Scott, Karen Kayser, Jennifer L. Scott

Book Overview

At last, here is a comprehensive guide for practitioners who work with breast cancer patients and their families. It includes a series of psychosocial interventions to be used with couples during early stage breast cancer. Chapters present information on assessing the levels of stress in these couples and on the most appropriate interventions for this problem. There is extensive evidence that emotional and social support positively influences women's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387748024
• ISBN13: 9780387748023
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"