Families and Health: An Attachment Perspective

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Family Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 539-550

  Rosenberg, Tziporah ^a   Watson, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment perspective on health and illness; Attachment perspectives on adjustment to illness; Families and health Roll attachment perspective; Family environment mediating physiological changes in members with acute or chronic illness; Family treatment implications; Field of medical family therapy; Findings on families and health; Role of family psychologist in healthcare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885799931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444310238.ch37     Document Type: Chapter

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