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Abstract
The first part of this two-part article reviewed ihe history and theoretical background of support groups and group therapies and explored the breakthroughs in mental health research showing how these groups enhance patients' quality of life. In Part II, the author addresses issues regarding group process, group management and leadership, and the curative aspects of groups for patients with cancer.
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Patricia Fobair
Ms. Fobair is a Clinical Social Worker, Clinical Quality Support Services and Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University Health Services, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305. An earlier version of the two-part article titled “Cancer Support Groups and Group Therapies” has been published in Recent Advances in Mental Health Research: Implications for Social Work Practice, edited by J. B. W. Williams and K. Ell (Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Mental Health), NASW Press, 1997. Part I appeared in the Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Volume 15, Number I, 1997.