Title Psychological aspects of serious illness : chronic conditions, fatal diseases, and clinical care / master lecturers, Gregory M. Herek .. [and others] ; edited by Paul T. Costa, Jr. and Gary R. VandenBos..

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Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 1990.

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Edition	1st ed.
Description	1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations.
Series	Master lectures in psychology
	Master lectures.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	The chapters in this volume highlight some of the major issues in the psychological aspects of serious illness.
	Shelley Taylor and Lisa Aspinwall deal with psychosocial factors associated with chronic diseases such as cancer, hypertension, and rheumatoid arthritis and speak of health attitudes and behaviors as well as cognitive and behavioral interventions. Donald Wertlieb and colleagues present an overview of childhood diabetes and argue the usefulness of a stress and coping perspective. Gregory Harek tackles the pressing social issue of AIDS [acquired immune deficiency syndrome] and the social stigma that remains associated with it. Salvatore Maddi offers an existential perspective on the options and dilemmas brought about by technological advances allowing for extraordinary attempts to prolong life. Sandra Levy discusses some of the bioethical issues involved in dealng with dying patients and their families. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).
Note	Description based on print version record.
Form	Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Ovid PsycBooks.
Issued By	Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection.
Note	GMD: electronic resource.
Subject	Sick -- Psychology.
	Terminally ill -- Psychology.
	Health behavior.
	Attitude to Death.
	Catastrophic Illness -- psychology.
	Chronic Disease -- psychology.
	Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 -- psychology.
	Health Behavior.
	Health behavior. (OCoLC)fst00952816
	Sick -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01118051
	Terminally ill -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01147891
Added Author	Herek, Gregory M.
	Costa, Paul T.
	VandenBos, Gary R.
	American Psychological Association.
Other Form:	Psychological aspects of serious illness (print)
ISBN	1557981051 (print)
	9781557981059 (print)

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