Family Resilience and Chronic Illness : Interdisciplinary and Translational Perspectives

This interdisciplinary volume offers theoretical, empirical, and practical insights into the strengths of families beset by chronic health issues. Featuring topics that run the lifespan from infancy to late adulthood, its coverage reflects both the diversity of family challenges in long-term illness...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Welch, Ginger L. (Editor), Harrist, Amanda W. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesEmerging Issues in Family and Individual Resilience,
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319260334
ISSN2366-6072
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-26033-4
Physical DescriptionXVI, 227 p. 15 illus., 8 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Using a Life-World Approach to Understand Family Resilience
  • Helping Families Survive and Thrive through the Premature Birth of an Infant
  • Enhancing Coping and Resiliency among Families of Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease
  • Translational Research and Clinical Applications in the Management of Cystic Fibrosis
  • Improving Physician Self-efficacy and Reducing Provider Bias: A Family Science Approach to Pediatric Obesity Treatment
  • Facing Changes Together: Teamwork and Family Resilience During Transition of Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Patients to Adult Care
  • Fighting for the Forgotten: Risk and Resilience of Children and Families Involved with the Foster Care System
  • Strengthening Families Facing Breast Cancer: Emerging Trends and Clinical Recommendations
  • Fostering Resilience among Older Adults Living with Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis
  • The Unfolding of Unique Problems in Later Life Families. .