Stress and survival: The emotional realities of life-threatening illness

Synopsis

Part I. Introduction -- On Life In Extremity : Psychosocial Elements Of Survival / Charles A. Garfield -- Part Ii. The Relation Of Social And Psychologic Factors To Illness -- Stress Without Distress/ Hans Selye -- The Relation Of Psychological Stress To Onset Of Medical Illness / Michael W. Hurst, C. David Jenkins, Robert M. Rose -- Medical Nemesis / Ivan Illich -- Social Stress And Medical Ideology / Jon Garfield -- Psychosocial Processes And Stress : Theoretical Formulation / John Cassel -- Hypertension As A Disease Of Modern Society / Joseph Eyer -- Part Iii. New Dimensions In The Alleviation Of Stress -- Psychotherapy Of Bodily Disease : An Overview / Jerome D. Frank -- Adjunctive Biofeedback With Cancer Patients : A Case Presentation / Kenneth R. Pelletier -- Therapeutic Touch : The Imprimatur Of Nursing / Dolores Kreiger -- Psychobiological Aspects Of Spontaneous Regressions Of Cancer / Gotthard Booth -- Part Iv. Emotional Impact On Health Professional And Patient -- The Burn-out Syndrome And Patient Care / Christina Maslach -- The Psychological Stresses Of Intensive Care Unit Nursing / Donald Hay, Donald Oken -- Cancer, Emotions, And Nurses / Samuel C. Klagsbrun -- Emotions : Their Prescence And Impact Upon The Helping Role / Larry A. Bugen -- The Coronary-care Unit : An Appraisal Of Its Psychologic Hazards / Thomas P. Hackett, N.h. Cassem, Howard A. Wishnie -- The Hospital Environment : Its Impact On The Patient / Donald S. Kornfeld -- Part V. Personal Encounters With Life-threatening Illness -- Anatomy Of An Illness (as Perceived By The Patient) / Norman Cousins -- Cancer Is Not A Four-letter Word / Leonard Shlain -- A Therapist Encounters The Possibility Of An Early Death / Howard Kogan -- Observations By A Doctor Who's Been A Ccu Patient / James A. Abbott -- Private Experience And Public Expectation On The Cancer Ward / Lea Baider -- Part Vi. Survival : Social And Psychologic Support -- Psychological Management Of The Myocardial Infarction Patient / Thomas P. Hackett, Ned H. Cassem -- Rehabilitating The Stroke Patient Through Patient-family Groups / Judith Gregorie D'afflitti, G. Wayne Weitz -- Emotional Reactions In A Renal Unit / Morris Gelfman, Emilee J. Wilson -- A Gynaecological Experience / Anonymous -- Adjustment Problems Of The Family Of The Burn Patient / Gene A. Brodland, N.j.c. Andreasen -- Sex And Serious Illness / Bernie Zilbergeld -- Understanding The Psychologic Factors In Rehabilitation / Herbert G. Steger -- Part Vii. The Chronically Ill Child -- Long-term Physical Illness In Childhood : A Challenge To Psychosocial Adaptation / Ake Mattsson -- The Child With Heart Disease / Florence Bright Roberts -- Part Viii. Understanding Pain And Suffering -- The World Of The Patient In Severe Pain Of Long Duration / Lawrence Leshan -- The Foundation Of Bioethics / Milton D. Heifetz -- Part Ix. Care Of The Dying Patient : Emotional Survival -- The Psychology Of Terminal Illness As Portrayed In Solzhenitsyn's The Cancer Ward / Harry S. Abram -- The Dying Patient And The Double-bind Hypothesis / Richard C. Erickson, Bobbie J. Hyerstay -- Easing The Inevitable / Chauncey D. Leake -- A Child Dies / Charles A. Garfield -- Dying In A System Of Good Care : Case Report And Analysis / Martin G. Netsky -- Hospice Care In Terminal Illness / Robert Woodson -- The Shanti Project : A Hopeful Scenario For The Dying / Ellen Goodman -- A Problem Solving Approach To Terminal Illness For The Family And Physician / David M. Kaplan, Netta Grandstaff -- Life-threatening Illness In Families / Richard Burnham Jones -- Research On Ascorbic Acid And The Dying Patient / Linus Palling -- Depersonalization In The Face Of Life-threatening Danger : A Description / Russell Noyes, Jr., Roy Kletti. Edited By Charles A. Garfield. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 376-377.