| Description |
388 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Spice of Life or Kiss of Death? / Lennart Levi -- 1. Theory of Stress and Health / Stanislav V. Kasl -- 2. Stress and Cancer: Disorders of Communication, Control, and Civilization / Paul J. Rosch -- 3. Stress, Endocrine Manifestations, and Diseases / Constantine Tsigos and George P. Chrousos -- 4. Stress and Mental Health / Kathleen A. Moore and Graham D. Burrows -- 5. Stress, Burnout, and Health / Ronald J. Burke and Astrid M. Richardsen -- 6. Life Stress, Personal Control, and the Risk of Disease / Shirley Fisher -- 7. Critical Life Changes and Cardiovascular Disease / Tores Theorell -- 8. Life Events, Coping, and Cancer / E. Brian Faragher -- 9. Stress and Occupational Exposure to HIV/AIDS / Lawrence R. Murphy, Robyn M. Gershon and Dave DeJoy -- 10. Personality and Cancer / Hans J. Eysenck -- 11. Personality, Behavior Patterns, and Heart Disease / Ray H. Rosenman -- 12. Personality, Stress, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Suzan Lewis |
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13. Social Support and Heart Disease / John C. Bruhn -- 14. Social Support, Secure Attachments, and Health /Jonathan D. Quick, Debra L. Nelson, Patricia A. C. Matuszek, James L. Whittington and James Campbell Quick -- 15. Destiny of Hope: Immigrant Couples Coping with Multiple Stresses / Lea Baider, Bella Kaufman, Puina Ever-Hadani and Atara Kaplan De-Nour -- 16. Social Support and Well-Being in HIV Disease / John Green and Agnes Kocsis -- 17. Dealing with Stress: Families and Chronic Illness / Coleen Shannon -- 18. Theories and Practices of Mobilizing Support in Stressful Circumstances / Benjamin H. Gottlieb -- 19. Coping with the Stress of Cancer / Christina G. Blanchard and Gregory R. Harper |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Diseases -- Etiology.
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Health.
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Life change events.
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Medicine, Psychosomatic.
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Stress (Physiology)
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Stress (Psychology)
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Stress (Psychology) -- Complications.
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Stress, Psychological -- complications.
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Disease -- etiology.
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Health.
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Life Change Events.
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Disease -- etiology.
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Health.
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Life Change Events.
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Stress, Psychological -- complications.
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| Author |
Cooper, Cary L.
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| LC no. |
95007307 |
| ISBN |
0849329086 (alk. paper) |
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