Cancer and the family

Partial table of contents: FAMILIES: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES. Family Processes and Chronic Illness (P. Steinglass). Family Reorganization in Response to Cancer: A Developmental Perspective (K. Weihs & D. Reiss). SOCIAL SUPPORT AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE. The Role of Family Support in Cancer Control (J. Bloom). A Cross--Cultural Comparison of Social Support Among Asian--American and Euro--American Women Following Breast Cancer (M. Kagawa--Singer & T.--U. Nguyen). Culture, Cancer, and the Family (C. Gotay). PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS WITHIN THE FAMILY. Preventing Affective Disorders in Partners of Cancer PatientsAn Intervention Study (C. Pitceathly & P. Maguire). THE CHILDa S PERCEPTION OF A PARENTa S ILLNESS. Blowing Away the Myths About the Childa s Experience with the Mothera s Breast Cancer (F. Lewis, et al.). Correlates of Self--Esteem Among Children Facing the Loss of a Parent to Cancer (K. Siegel, et al.). DYNAMIC CHANGES IN FAMILIES WITH A CHILD WITH CANCER. Factors Contributing to the Psychological Adjustment of Parents of Pediatric Cancer Parents (J. Hoekstra--Weebers, et al.). a My Family and I are in This Togethera : Children with Cancer Speak Out (B. Sourkes & R. Proulx). SEXUALITY: PERCEPTION OF SELF. Sexual Self--Concept for the Woman with Cancer (B. Andersen & D. Golden--Kreutz). GENETICS: FAMILIAL RISK. Communication of Individualized Cancer Risk Information within the Family Context (J. Bottorff, et al.). Genetic Counseling for Cancer: A Family Issue (E. Bleiker & N. Aaronson). TERMINAL ILLNESS AND SYSTEMS OF BELIEF. The Family in Terminal Illness (S. Wein). Religion, Cancer, and the Family (B. Spilka & S. Hartman). MEDICAL ETHICS AND COMMUNICATION. Patient--Family Communication with Physicians (C. Blanchard, et al.). Cancer, Medical Ethics, and the Family (C. Hook). Index.