Caregiving in the Illness Context

• Main Authors: Revenson, Tracey A. (Author), Griva, Konstadina (Author), Luszczynska, Aleksandra (Author), Morrison, Val (Author), Panagopoulou, Efharis (Author), Vilchinsky, Noa (Author), Hagedoorn, Mariët (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2016.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Medicine.; Health.; Social work.; Health psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Social Work.; Health Psychology.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Community and Environmental Psychology.
• Physical Description: X, 156 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781137558985

How does caregiving affect health and well-being and what resources help caregivers? This book provides a synthesis of psychological research on caregiver stress and brings attention to the personal, social and structural factors that affect caregivers' well-being and as well as recent behavioral interventions to enhance health.