Family Consultation for Couples Coping with Health Problems: A Social Cybernetic Approach

The Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rohrbaugh, Michael J ^a   Shoham, Varda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Coping; Couples; Family consultation; Smoking; Social cybernetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923395655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195342819.013.0020     Document Type: Chapter

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