Cancer and Self-Help: Bridging the Troubled Waters of Childhood Illness
By Mark A. Chesler.
Description
Written for and about the special population of parents of children with cancer, this book explores the remarkable effectiveness of self-help groups and profiles their rapid rise as a resource complementing traditional health care. Mark A. Chesler and Barbara K. Chesney draw on their own experience as members of such groups and on a combined thirty years of research on self-help. They provide essential information for families of children with cancer (and other chronic life-threatening illnesses), for health-care professionals working with them, and for scholars of self-help and psy...
ISBN(s)
0299148246, 9780299148249
