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Family Work in Oncology: Trusting the Narrative
Author(s) -
Cotroneo Angela
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1375/anft.29.1.51
Subject(s) - transformative learning , narrative , wife , work (physics) , psychology , project commissioning , publishing , psychotherapist , medicine , psychoanalysis , oncology , developmental psychology , art , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , law , literature
The author describes her work with a dying patient, work that extends from the patient to his wife and adult offspring, and has transformative benefits for the family.