The burden of sympathy : how families cope with mental illness /

In this vivid and thoughtful study, David Karp chronicles the experiences of the family members of the mentally ill, and how they draw "boundaries of sympathy" to avoid being engulfed by the day-to-day suffering of a loved one. Working from sixty extensive interviews, the author reveals st...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Karp, David A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2002.
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