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Published Online: 1978, pp. 493–633

Living in Limbo: Psychosocial Intervention in Families with a Cancer Patient

Marie M. Cohen, M.S.W, and David K. Wellisch, Ph.DAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 32, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.561

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Modern medical practice has changed cancer from an acute to a chronic catastrophe. The family system of a cancer patient moves therefore into a state of a “limbo” where interactions, plans, and socioeconomic realities are continually imbalanced and ever-changing. Family coping styles are examined; therapists’ strategies and pitfalls are delineated.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 32 • Number 4 • 1978, pp. 493–633

Pages: 561 - 571

PubMed: 727312

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Published in print: 1978, pp. 493–633

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Marie M. Cohen, M.S.W^†

Los Angeles, Calif.

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David K. Wellisch, Ph.D^‡

Los Angeles, Calif.

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Notes

This paper was part of a panel presentation: Family Aspects of Mental Illness and Handicaps at the 54th annual meeting, American Orthopsychiatric Association, New York, N.Y., April, 1977.

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Clinical Social Worker, Adult Medical Oncology Service, Center for the Health Sciences, UCLA. Mailing Address: 1801 Fairburn Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif. 90025.

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Assistant Professor of Medical Research, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA.

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Living in Limbo: Psychosocial Intervention in Families with a Cancer Patient

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