Management of chronic illness by couples, within the context of their lives, has the potential
to become problematic, especially if the illness is severe. Working together collaboratively …

Communal coping occurs when relationship partners view a stressful health problem as
“ours,” rather than yours or mine, and take collaborative action to deal with it. Although …

Discusses multilateral collaboration across professional divisions, with individuals and with
families. Four reasons are proposed for collaboration: It is ethical, effective, resource …

Many patients given a diagnosis of a long-term illness have to make substantial adjustments
to their own lives, as do their partners. There is evidence to show that partnerships are …

Previous research suggests that optimal couple functioning in response to a breast cancer
diagnosis depends on a couple's ability to define the experience as “our problem” and to …

Intervention research for couples and families managing chronic health problems is in an
early developmental stage. We reviewed randomized clinical trials of family interventions for …

The onset of chronic illness is one of the most pervasive health problems facing North
Americans today. Only recently have researchers and clinicans seriously examined chronic …

There is emerging evidence that couple-oriented behavioral interventions (CIs) for chronic
illness yield benefits for patients. However, conceptual and methodological advances are …

In this chapter, the authors address several issues in the conceptualization and study of
dyadic coping with specific illustrations from the literature on couples coping with illness …

Imagine this. You are a nurse and you are sitting in a room with several family members,
including the family member who is being cared for in your health care facility or community …