'In Sickness and in Health'
| Autor: | Steven D. Passik, Sharon Horowitz, Mark G. Malkin |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
Coping (psychology)
medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Disease Interpersonal communication Group psychotherapy Psychiatry and Mental health Social support Oncology Spouse medicine Anxiety Personality medicine.symptom Psychology Applied Psychology Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. 14:43-56 |
| ISSN: | 1540-7586 0734-7332 |
| DOI: | 10.1300/j077v14n02_03 |
| Popis: | The spouses of patients with brain tumors face extraordinary stresses. As the disease progresses, the patient undergoes profound personality and behavioral changes, may lose control of bodily functions, and, with the loss of cognitive function, may not recognize the spouse. The course of the disease is complicated and unpredictable, and as the patient deteriorates, he or she often requires 24-hour supervision. Recognizing the needs of spouses who care for brain tumor patients at home, the Neuro-oncology treatment team at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center initiated a group to provide practical and emotional support for them. The group, which lasted for 18 months, helped facilitate the patients' home care and reduced the spouses' anxiety and depression, as conveyed by the spouses' verbal reports and their reluctance to terminate the group. The authors attribute the profound meaning of the group to its members to therapeutic factors that are unique to the interpersonal nature of most group proc... |
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