The Family is the Patient - Softcover

Allmond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0683302884 ISBN 13: 9780683302882

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 1998

Synopsis

Learn why a family systems approach to diagnosing and treating common pediatric problems -- whether organic, behavioral, or psychosocial -- is practical and effective. Learn how to use family interviewing skills, therapy principles, and strategies as a key modality of assessment and management. Written in an informal, evocative style rarely found in medical texts, this is an important and very useful resource for all who are involved in the care of children with physical or behavioral challenges. Part I reviews the history and development of family therapy in pediatric care. Part II shows practical skills in action with ample, descriptive case illustrations and transcribed, specific dialogues from clinical interviews between physicians and families.

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Synopsis

Establishes the family as patient and shows how to incorporate family interviewing into pediatric practice. Describes the work of theorists and clinicians in the field and develops an approach to the family as the treatment unit and the pediatric clinician as interviewer. This approach is illustrated with case studies with specific dialogues. The f

Edition details

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0683302884
• ISBN 13: 9780683302882
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 349