The Family in Distress
Keywords:
Physicians, Family Physician Patient Relations, Family Practice, Family, Family Health, Family Therapy, Life Change Events, Interpersonal Relations, Marriage, Neonatology., Personality Development
Abstract
The author explains how family distress can be the cause of patients' illnesses. The general practitioner should recognize this, understand the interdependence of individuals in the family and help a distressed family not to become a chronically distressed one. The difference between a family therapist and a general practitioner is discussed
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