Cancer and the Family Life Cycle: A Practioner's Guide

by Theresa A. Veach, Donald R. Nichols, Marcie A. Barton

This book uses current psychosocial literature in combination with empirical research and clinical accounts of family adaptation to help professionals and families cope with the impact of cancer. It is broad in scope and includes families in any life cycle (i.e. single adults, children, adolescents, and later life). This book, with its solid theoretical foundation, will be especially beneficial to any professional who is helping a family to adapt to cancer.

255 pages, Hardcover

First published April 5, 2002

Reviews

[Nan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though this is an older book, it is one of the few that addresses working with those impacted by cancer from a family life cycle perspective. Highly recommend for anyone working with families affected by cancer.