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Cancer


Breast Cancer : Twenty Women's Stories: Becoming More Alive Through the Experience
Susan Diemert Moch, Allan Graubard / Paperback / Published 1996
 
Cancer and Stress : Psychological, Biological and Coping Studies
Cary L. Cooper, Maggie Watson (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1991
 
Counselling Patients with Cancer
Mary Burton, Maggie Watson / Paperback / Published 1998
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Getting Well Again
O. Carl, Md. Simonton, et al / Paperback / Published 1992
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How to Live Between Office Visits : A Guide to Life, Love and Health
Bernie S. Siegel / Paperback / Published 1994
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Living Beyond Breast Cancer : A Survivor's Guide for When Treatment Ends and the Rest of Your Life Begins
Ellen Weiss, Marisa C. Weiss / Hardcover / Published 1997
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Mind over Malignancy : Living With Cancer
Wayne D., Ph.D. Gersh, et al / Paperback / Published 1997
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I Can Cope : Staying Healthy With Cancer
Judi Johnson, Linda Klein / Paperback / Published 1994
 

 

Cardiovascular Conditions


Cardiovascular Reactivity to Psychological Stress & Disease
Jim Blascovich, Edward S. Katkin / Paperback / Published 1993
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Mending the Broken Heart : A Psychological Perspective on Preventing and Treating Heart Disease
Herbert S. Strean / Paperback / Published 1996
 
Heart-Aches : Heart Disease and the Psychology of the Broken Heart
Rudiger Dahlke, Rudiger Daklke / Paperback / Published 1996
 

 

 

Coping with Chronic Illness


Compassion Fatigue : Coping With Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder in Those Who Treat the Traumatized (Psychosocial Stress, No 23)
Charles R. Figley (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1995
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Coping With Alzheimer's : A Caregiver's Emotional Survival Guide
Rose Oliver, Frances A. Bock / Paperback / Published 1989
 
Coping With an Ostomy : A Guide to Living With an Ostomy for You and Your Family
Robert H. Phillips / Paperback / Published 1986
 
Coping With Caring : Daily Reflection for Alzheimers Caregivers
Lyn Roche / Paperback / Published 1996
 
Coping With Chronic Pain : A Guide to Patient Self-Management
Richard W. Hanson, et al / Hardcover / Published 1990
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Coping With Kidney Failure : A Guide to Living With Kidney Failure for You and Your Family
Robert H. Phillips / Paperback / Published 1987
 
Coping With Lupus : A Guide to Living With Lupus for You and Your Family
Robert H. Phillips / Paperback / Published 1991
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Coping With Osteoarthritis
Robert H. Phillips / Paperback / Published 1989
 
Coping With Trauma : A Guide to Self-Understanding
Jon G. Allen, Allen Jon G. / Hardcover / Published 1995
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The Erosion of Autonomy in Long-Term Care
Charles W. Lidz, et al / Hardcover / Published 1992
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Families, Illness, and Disability : An Integrative Treatment Model
John S. Rolland / Hardcover / Published 1994
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Finding Strength in Weakness : Help and Hope for Families Battling Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Lynn Vanderzalm, David S. Bell (Introduction) / Paperback / Published 1995
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Handbook of Stress, Medicine, and Health
Cary L. Cooper (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1995
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Helpmates : Support in Times of Critical Illness
Harry Alexander Cole / Paperback / Published 1991
 
The Illness Narratives : Suffering, Healing, and the Human Condition
Arthur M.D. Kleinman, Arthur Kelinman / Paperback / Published 1989
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Imagery for Getting Well : Clinical Applications of Behavioral Medicine
Deirdre Davis Brigham, et al / Hardcover / Published 1994
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In the Country of Illness : Comfort and Advice for the Journey
Robert Lipsyte / Hardcover / Published 1998
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In the Shadow of Illness : Parents and Siblings of the Chronically Ill Child
Myra Bluebond-Langner / Hardcover / Published 1996
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The Physician Within : A Step-By-Step Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness

Catherine Feste / Paperback / Published 1995
 
The Primacy of Caring : Stress and Coping in Health and Illness
Patricia Benner, Judith Wrubel / Paperback / Published 1988
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Death and Dying


 

Assisted Suicide : A Decision-Making Guide for Health Professionals
Stephen Jamison / Hardcover / Published 1997
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Final Exit : The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying

Derek Humphry / Paperback / Published 1997
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Final Exit : The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying
Derek Humphry / Hardcover / Published 1991
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Grace and Grit : Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber
Ken Wilber / Paperback / Published 1993
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Into the Valley : Death and the Socialization of Medical Students
Frederic W. Hafferty, Frederic W. Haffety / Hardcover / Published 1991
 
Dancing With Mister D : Notes on Life and Death
Bert Keizer / Hardcover / Published 1997
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Death As a Salesman : What's Wrong With Assisted Suicide
Brian P. Johnston / Paperback / Published 1997
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Other Medical Conditions


Adrenergic Dysfunction and Psychobiology
Oliver G., M.D. Cameron (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1994
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Embracing the Wolf : A Lupus Victim and Her Family Learn to Live With Chronic Disease
Joanna Baumer Permut, et al / Hardcover / Published 1994
  
Feeling Dizzy; Understanding and Treating Vertico, Dizziness, and Other Balance Disorders
Brian W. Blakeley, Mary Ellen Siegel / Hardcover / Published 1995
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Heartsearch : Toward Healing Lupus
Donna Hamil Talman, William A. Briggs / Paperback / Published 1991
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I.B.S. Relief : A Doctor, a Dietitian and a Psychologist Provide a Team Approach to Managing Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Dawn Burstall, et al / Paperback / Published 1998
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Overcoming Migraine; A Comprehensive Guide to Treatment and Prevention by a Survivor
Betsy Wyckoff / Hardcover / Published 1991
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Panic Disorder : The Facts (Oxford Medical Publications)
Stanley Rachman (Editor), et al / Paperback / Published 1996
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Paul R. Martin / Paperback / Published 1996
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Psychiatric Aspects of Organ Transplantation
John Craven, Gary M. Rodin (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1992
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Realities in Coping With Progressive Neuromuscular Diseases
Leon I. Charash / Hardcover / Published 1987
 
Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired : Living With Invisible Chronic Illness
Paul J. Donoghue, Mary E. Siegel / Hardcover / Published 1992
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Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired : Living With Invisible Chronic Illness
Paul J. Donoghue, Mary E. Siegel / Paperback / Published 1994
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Women's Conditions


 

The Complete Book of Menopause : Every Woman's Guide to Good Health
Carol Landau, et al / Paperback / Published 1995
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Depression After Childbirth : How to Recognize, Treat, and Prevent Postnatal Depression
Katharina Dalton, Wendy M. Holton / Paperback / Published 1996
 
Drawing from the Women's Well : Reflections on the Life Passage of Menopause
Joan C. Borton / Paperback / Published 1992
 
Menstrual Disorders (The Experience of Illness)
Annette Scrambler, et al / Paperback / Published 1993
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Mind over Labor
Carl Jones / Paperback / Published 1988
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Overcoming Postpartum Depression and Anxiety
Linda Sebastian, Linda Sebastion / Paperback / Published 1998
 
Reinterpreting Menopause : Cultural and Philosophical Issues
Paul A. Komesaroff (Editor), et al / Paperback / Published 1997
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Misc Books on the Psychology of Chronic Illness


 

Abnormal Illness Behaviour
Issy Pilowsky / Paperback / Published 1997
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Coming Home : A Guide to Dying at Home With Dignity
Deborah Duda / Paperback / Published 1987

 

Family Systems in Medicine (Guilford Family Therapy Series)
Christian N. Ramsey / Hardcover / Published 1989
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Foundation of Physiological Psychology
Neil R. Carlson / Hardcover / Published 1995
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Handbook of Stress Medicine : An Organ System Approach
J. R. Hubbard (Editor), Edward A., M.D., Ed.D., F.A.A.P.M. Workman / Hardcover / Published 1997
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Insomnia : Psychological Assessment and Management
Charles M. Morin / Paperback / Published 1996
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Integrated Primary Care : The Future of Medical and Mental Health Collaboration
Alexander Blount (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1998
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Keys to Health : The Promise and Challenge of Holism
Eric A. Mein / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1995
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The Lost Art of Healing
Bernard Lown / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Managing Chronic Illness : A Biopsychosocial Perspective (Application and Practice in Health Psychology)
Perry M. Nicassio (Editor), Timothy W. Smith (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1995
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Personality and Disease (Wiley Series on Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine)
Howard S. Friedman (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1990
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Perturbing the Organism : The Biology of Stressful Experience (John d and Catherine t MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development)
Herbert Weiner / Hardcover / Published 1992
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Psychological Kinesiology: Changing the Body's Beliefs
William F. Whisenant / Paperback / Published 1994
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Psychology for Nurses and Health Care Professionals
David Messer (Contributor), Claire Meldrum (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1995
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The Psychology of Voice Disorders
Deborah Caputo Rosen, Robert Thayer Sataloff / Hardcover / Published 1997
 
Psychophysiology : The Mind-Body Perspective (Perspectives in Cognitive Neuroscience)
Kenneth Hugdahl / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Psychosocial Aspects of Genetic Counseling : Proceedings of a Conference Held September 24-26, 1990, Leuven, Belgium (March of Dimes Birth Defects Fo)
Gerry Evers-Kiebooms, et al / Paperback / Published 1992
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Psychosocial Aspects of Narcolepsy
Meeta Goswami, et al / Hardcover / Published 1992
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Readings on Research in Stuttering
E. Charles Healey, Charles E. Healey / Paperback / Published 1991
 
Sleep
J. Allan Hobson / Paperback / Published 1995
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Sleep Secrets for Shiftworkers & People With Off-Beat Schedules
David R. Morgan / Paperback / Published 1996
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Sleep Thieves : An Eye-Opening Exploration into the Science and Mysteries of Sleep
Stanley Coren / Paperback / Published 1997
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Sleep Thieves; An Eye-Opening Exploration Into the Science and Mysteries of Sleep
Stanley Coren / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Sleep, Dreaming, & Sleep Disorders : An Introduction
William H. Moorcroft / Paperback / Published 1993
 
 

 

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