CONTENTS
List of Tables and Figures ix
Health Transitions and Family Communication: An Introduction 1
Part 1. Family Interdependence in Managing Health Transitions
1. Interdependence in Family Systems:Adjusting to Breast and Prostate Cancer 19
Chris SegrinTerry A. Badger
2. “Her Pain Was My Pain”: Mothers and Daughters Sharing theBreast Cancer Journey 57
Carla L. Fisher
3. Understanding Challenges Associated with Breast Cancer: ACluster Analysis of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Stressors 77
Kirsten M. WeberDenise Haunani Solomon
4. The Role of Couple Communication in ManagingType 2 Diabetes 101
101J. Lynne Brown
5. Working It Out Together: The Role of Family Supportin the Management of Postpartum Depression 135
LaKesha Anderson Dearmen
Part 2. Stigma
6. Stigma and Politeness: Challenging Family Health Discussions 165
Kelly RossettoRachel SmithBarbara Jones
7. Mental Illness, Stigma, and Disclosure 193
Erica Bauer
Part 3. Living with Invisible Illness
8. Serenity, Courage, and Wisdom:An Autoethnography of Life with an Invisible Disability 229
Emily Bowlby
Family Communication, Connections, and Health Transitions
9. In Sickness and in Health: Coping with Chronic Illness While Transitioning into Marriage 245
Jonathan Pettigrew Breanne Pettigrew
Part 4. Interfacing with Others
10. Medical Disclosure in Oncology amongFamilies, Patients, and Providers:A Communication Privacy Management Perspective 269
Sandra PetronioShannon Sweeney-Lewis
11. “So, When Are You Two Having a Baby?” ManagingInformation about Infertility within Social Networks 297
Keli Ryan Steuber Denise Haunani Solomon
12. Caring for the Family: Teaching Systemsand Cycles in a Family Medicine Residency Program 323
Elissa FosterJoanne Cohen-Katz
Part 5 End-of-Life Transitions
13. Transitioning from Independence to Dependence:Family Relational Adaptation to Alzheimer’s Disease 351
Thomas J. HipperDanielle CatonaJon F. Nussbaum
14. Dancing with the Spirit: Communicating Family Normsfor Positive End-of-Life Transition 377
Margaret J. Pitts
15. “Uv Ü”: Communicating at the End-of-Life 405
Leah Vande BergNick Trujillo
About the Editor and Contributors 419
Author Index 429
Subject Index 445