Coping with Chronic Illness

Taylor & Francis

Coping with Chronic IllnessTheories, Issues and Lived Experiences\nAuthor(s): Silvia Bonino\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367421533, 978-0367421533\nSynopsis\nThis valuable book combines psychological theories of health with the lived experience of coping with chronic health conditions, focusing on the \""ill person\"" as an actor of their own development. It draws on perspectives from developmental and health psychology alongside the authors personal experience of chronic illness. Bonino considers all aspects of living with illness, from issues that impact on everyday functioning such as pain and fatigue, to the rebuilding of identity through meaningful new goals and effective actions, and the development of therapeutic relationships. Psychological theories are interweaved with descriptions of lived encounters to center the experience of the person living alongside illness and provide insightful points of refe.