Coping with a life-threatening illness : an experiment in parents' groups

Author:
BYWATER E. May
Journal article citation:
British Journal of Social Work, 14(1), 1984, pp.117-127.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press

Four separate series of parents' groups were held between 1977 and 1981 in order to help certain parents of children who suffer from cystic fibrosis. The group experiences were found helpful by those parents who did not have overt problems, but families who had obvious problems, for example marital, financial or psychiatric were apparently not helped by the experience, nor were the parents of newly diagnosed children.

Subject terms:
parents, physical disabilities, children, groupwork;
Link:
Journal home page
ISSN online:
1468-263X
ISSN print:
0045-3102

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