In Support of Families

In this book we have used broad concepts of systems to find commonalities across the stresses facing parents, such as chronic illness, divorce, teenage pregnancy, and the impact of both parents' working.

List of contents

About the author

Michael W. Yogman is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.T. Berry Brazelton is Professor Emeritus at the Brazelton Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus, at Harvard Medical School.

Summary

This book examines the effects of stress on children and parents and explores strategies for coping. The authors view the family as a dynamic system whose health is vitally related to internal relationships and interactions with other social networks. Stress in this context can be a positive or a negative influence on family health.

Product details

• Authors: Michael W. Yogman
• Assisted by: T. Berry Brazelton (Editor), Brazelton T. Berry (Editor), Michael W. Yogman (Editor), Yogman Michael W. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.1986
• EAN: 9780674447356
• ISBN: 978-0-674-44735-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; MEDICAL / General, Medical specialties, branches of medicine, Other branches of medicine