Therapeutic Response to Patients and Families Experiencing Chronic Medical Conditions

The Family Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-184

  Sperry, Len ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic medical conditions; family and illness; health counseling; phase model of chronic illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349178145     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480709332630     Document Type: Article

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5. Sperry, L. (in press). Treatment noncompliance: Life style convictions and illness perceptions as predictors of treatment compliance and noncompliance. Journal of Individual Psychology.