TY - JOUR
T1 - The family
T2 - The other side of bone marrow transplantation
AU - Zabora, James R.
AU - Smith, Elizabeth D.
AU - Baker, Frank
AU - Wingard, John R.
AU - Curbow, Barbara
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ABSTRACT. Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) causes patients significant distress, and their families are expected to play a major role in how patients adapt during hospitalization. However, because patients have been the main focus of previous studies, little is known about how their families cope with the process. Earlier findings suggested that key elements of family functioning, such as adaptability and cohesion, change over time. Thus, the authors initiated a prospective study to examine the family as a social resource and evaluate family members' psychological functioning. To date, families have provided data about the impact of medical informa- Mr. Zabora is Dircctor, Department of Patient and Family Services, The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205. Dr. Smith is Psychosocial Research Coordinator for the department. Dr. Baker is Professor and Director, Health Psychology Program, The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. Dr. Wingard is Associate Professor of Oncology and Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Attending Physician, BMT Program, Oncology Center. Dr. Curbow is Assistant Professor, Health Psychology Program, The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. The article is based on a paper delivered during "Navigating the Course Through Creative Interventions," the seventh annual conference of the National Association of Oncology Social Workers, Monterey, CA, May 1991. The r e search was supported by grant CA49218 from the National Institutes of Health. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of George W. Santos, MD, Director of the BMT Program, and his staff for their support of the project.
PY - 1992/10/20
Y1 - 1992/10/20
N2 - Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) causes patients significant distress, and their families are expected to play a major role in how patients adapt during hospitalization. However, because patients have been the main focus of previous studies, little is known about how their families cope with the process. Earlier findings suggested that key elements of family functioning, such as adaptability and cohesion, change over time. Thus, the authors initiated a prospective study to examine the family as a social resource and evaluate family members’ psychological functioning. To date, families have provided data about the impact of medical informa-tion, their decision making about BMT, the physician’s influence, and their belief that treatment will be successful. Preliminary data suggest that families need education before the BMT and may need psychosocial intervention afterward. Their financial burdens also need attention.
AB - Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) causes patients significant distress, and their families are expected to play a major role in how patients adapt during hospitalization. However, because patients have been the main focus of previous studies, little is known about how their families cope with the process. Earlier findings suggested that key elements of family functioning, such as adaptability and cohesion, change over time. Thus, the authors initiated a prospective study to examine the family as a social resource and evaluate family members’ psychological functioning. To date, families have provided data about the impact of medical informa-tion, their decision making about BMT, the physician’s influence, and their belief that treatment will be successful. Preliminary data suggest that families need education before the BMT and may need psychosocial intervention afterward. Their financial burdens also need attention.
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U2 - 10.1300/J077v10n01_04
DO - 10.1300/J077v10n01_04
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0026574619
SN - 0734-7332
VL - 10
SP - 35
EP - 46
JO - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
JF - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
IS - 1
ER -