Children, Families, and Chronic Disease: Psychological Models and Methods of Care

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Figures viii
• Tables ix
• Preface x
• Acknowledgements xii
• Part I - Introduction 1
• Chapter 1 - What is Chronic Disease? 3
• Chapter 2 - Old and New Approaches 20
• Part II - Psychological Studies 27
• Chapter 3 - Child Distress 29
• Chapter 4 - Parental Distress and Staff Effectiveness 42
• Chapter 5 - Longer-Term Adjustment 61
• Chapter 6 - Medical Advances 75
• Chapter 7 - Family Functioning 93
• Chapter 8 - Community Services 109

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Figures viii
• Tables ix
• Preface x
• Acknowledgements xii
• Part I - Introduction 1
• Chapter 1 - What is Chronic Disease? 3
• Chapter 2 - Old and New Approaches 20
• Part II - Psychological Studies 27
• Chapter 3 - Child Distress 29
• Chapter 4 - Parental Distress and Staff Effectiveness 42
• Chapter 5 - Longer-Term Adjustment 61
• Chapter 6 - Medical Advances 75
• Chapter 7 - Family Functioning 93
• Chapter 8 - Community Services 109
• Part III - Implications for Theory and Practice 131
• Chapter 9 - Theories of Adjustment 133
• Chapter 10 - Reappraisal of Theories of Adjustment 154
• Chapter 11 - An Overview 172
• References 190
• Index 208