Helping Couples Cope With Women's Cancers: An Evidence-based Approach For Practitioners
by Jennifer L. Scott /
2008 / English / PDF
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At last, here is a comprehensive guide for practitioners who work
with breast cancer patients and their families. It includes a
series of psychosocial interventions to be used with couples
during early stage breast cancer. There is extensive evidence
that emotional and social support positively influences women’s
abilities to cope to breast cancer. The first person that a woman
with breast cancer turns to for support is her husband or
intimate partner. However, as partners of breast cancer patients
are struggling with their emotional distress, they often feel
inadequate about their ability to help their wives and partners
cope. It is important for practitioners to understand this
concept of twofold stress.
At last, here is a comprehensive guide for practitioners who work
with breast cancer patients and their families. It includes a
series of psychosocial interventions to be used with couples
during early stage breast cancer. There is extensive evidence
that emotional and social support positively influences women’s
abilities to cope to breast cancer. The first person that a woman
with breast cancer turns to for support is her husband or
intimate partner. However, as partners of breast cancer patients
are struggling with their emotional distress, they often feel
inadequate about their ability to help their wives and partners
cope. It is important for practitioners to understand this
concept of twofold stress.