Social Support, Health, and Illness

A Complicated Relationship

Bibliographic Data

ID19920051
AuthorsRanjan Roy (0000-0003-3072-2162, corresponding author)
Year2011
Pages192
Publication date2011-01-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSocial Support, Health, and Illness (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.3138/9781442685314
OpenAlexW258375293
ISBN9781442685314
Open LibraryOL34550543M
LanguageEN
Citations received7

When a person faces serious illness, having the support of one's partner can help protect against the full ravages of disease, and even hasten recovery. However, too much support can have grave clinical consequences for sufferers and exact a heavy emotional and financial toll on caregivers. Social Support, Health, and Illness is an up-to-date analysis of how social support can either help or hinder recovery for patients.A useful resource for clinical practitioners and researchers, Social Support, Health, and Illness addresses the effects of intimate support on a wide variety of medical and psychiatric conditions, including cancer, dementia, and chronic pain. Ranjan Roy uncovers the complexities underlying social support by tracing the concept's historical and theoretical development. Synthesizing insights from the latest research findings, Social Support, Health, and Illness offers a comprehensive look at the modifying and mitigating factors of intimacy on the outcomes of disease

Dementia · Disease · General partnership · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Social support · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Family Support in Illness · Medicine · Psychology · Aspect sanitaire · Care · Chronic Disease · Chronically ill · Community Networks · Emploi en thérapeutique · Health · Health aspects · Malades chroniques · Nursing · Patients · Réseaux sociaux · Social interaction · Social medicine · Social networks · Social Support · Soins · Therapeutic use · Therapy

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