Social support and physical health : understanding the health consequences of relationships / Bert N. Uchino.
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TextSeries: Current perspectives in psychologyPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 222 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780300127980
- 0300127987
- Patients -- Social networks
- Social networks -- Therapeutic use
- Health
- Patients
- Interpersonal Relations
- Patients
- Social Support
- Health
- Patients -- Réseaux sociaux
- Réseaux sociaux -- Emploi en thérapeutique
- Santé
- Patients
- health
- patients
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Alternative Therapies
- MEDICAL -- Healing
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healing
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Healing -- General
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Applied Psychology
- Health
- Patients -- Social networks
- Social networks -- Therapeutic use
- Patiënten
- Sociale netwerken
- Sociale steun
- Gezondheid
- 615.5 22
- R726.5 .U26 2004eb
- 2004 D-421
- W 85
- 77.63
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-213) and index.
Introduction and historical perspectives -- The meaning and measurement of social support -- Theoretical perspectives linking social support to health outcomes -- Social support and all-cause mortality -- Social support and mortality from specific diseases -- Pathways linking social support to health outcomes -- Intervention implications -- Future directions and conclusions.
Print version record.
Uchino discusses links between social support & mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, & HIV/AIDS. He investigates whether social support is more effective for some individuals & within certain cultures.
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