Predicting the Impact of Severe Illness in Families
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Health & Social Work
- Vol. 1 (3) , 71-82
- https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/1.3.71
Abstract
Families undergo great stress when one of their members has a severe illness. This study shows that the initial coping response of such families to the crisis is a telling indicator of their long-term adaptability and should therefore be a primary focus of intervention efforts.Keywords
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