A collaborative family-systemic approach to treating chronic illness: Irritable bowel syndrome as exemplar

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-49

  Gerson, Mary Joan ^a,c   Gerson, Charles D ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Collaborative health care; Family based intervention; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544363540     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-004-1969-y     Document Type: Article

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