What's love got to do with it? Couples, illness, and MFT

Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 31-43

  Dankoski, Mary E ^a,b   Pais, Shobha ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral medicine; Biopsychosocial model; Health outcomes; Marital interaction; Marriage and family therapy; Medical family therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548652924     PISSN: 15332691     EISSN: 15332683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J398v06n01_04     Document Type: Article

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