ch. 1. Conceptual issues in research on stress and health / Norbert K. Semmer, Joseph E. McGrath, and Terry A. Beehr -- ch. 2. Stress and cancer : the critical research / Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton and Christoffer Johansen -- ch. 3. Stress and cancer : the practice / Lone Ross, Ellen Boesen, and Christoffer Johansen -- ch. 4. Stress and prevention of cardiovascular disease / Tores Theorell -- ch. 5. The role of stress in mental illness : the practice / R.O. Stanley and G.D. Burrows -- ch. 6. Stress, endocrine manifestations, and diseases / Constantine Tsigos, Ioannis Kyrou, and George P. Chrousos -- ch. 7. Stress, immunity, and disease / Cinnamon Stetler. [et al.] -- ch. 8. Stress and burnout : the critical research / Christina Maslach and Michale P. Leiter -- ch. 9. Organizational interventions to alleviate burnout and build engagement with work / Michael P. Leiter and Christina Maslach --

ch. 10. Hardy personality, stress, and health / Terry A. Beehr and Nathan A. Bowling -- ch. 11. Stress, culture, and personality / Pittu Laugani -- ch. 12. Social support and heart disease / John G. Bruhn -- ch. 13. Social support, life events, and depression in HIV disease / John Green and Ashley Frize -- ch. 14. Interpersonal communication : the key to unlocking social support for preventative stress management / Marilyn Macik-Frey, James Campbell Quick, and Jonathan D. Quick -- ch. 15. Emotional processing of traumatic events / Richard B. Slatcher and James W. Pennebaker -- ch. 16. Gender differences in the management of work stress : preventing distress and savoring eustress / Debra L. Nelson and Bret L. Simmons -- ch. 17. Dealing with stress : families and chronic illness / David W. Kissane -- ch. 18. Dealing with workplace stress / Michiel Kompier -- ch. 19. The many faces of control at work / Kathryne E. Dupre, Julian Barling, and Manon Mireille LeBlanc -- Index.