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Evaluating Family and Work Settings

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Toward a New Definition of Health

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A physician advises a harried executive with hypertension to switch to a job with fewer deadlines and less work pressure. A vocational counselor recommends that a shy, introverted student apply for a job in a company in which co-workers are friendly and managers are supportive. A pediatrician suggests that an underdeveloped, neglected child be sent to a foster home. A social worker attempts to place a mildly hyperactive child with structured rather than unstructured adoptive parents.

Preparation of this chapter and the work reported herein was supported by NIAAA Grant AA02863, NIMH Grant MH28177, and Veterans Administration Medical Research Funds.

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  1. Social Ecology Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, 94305, USA

    Rudolf H. Moos

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  1. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, U.S Office of International Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA

    Paul I. Ahmed (Public Health Advisor, Lecturer) (Public Health Advisor, Lecturer)

  2. Department of Health Education, University College, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

    Paul I. Ahmed (Public Health Advisor, Lecturer) (Public Health Advisor, Lecturer)

  3. National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA

    George V. Coelho (Senior Social Scientist, Office of the Assistant Director for Children and Youth) (Senior Social Scientist, Office of the Assistant Director for Children and Youth)

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Moos, R.H. (1979). Evaluating Family and Work Settings. In: Ahmed, P.I., Coelho, G.V. (eds) Toward a New Definition of Health. Current Topics in Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2991-6_16

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