Family Behavioral Issues in Health and Illness

J Lebron Mcbride

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Routledge
20 April 2006

Human growth & development

A closer look at your patient's family situation can help you develop a more effective treatment plan

Family Behavioral Issues in Health and Illness is a basic but thorough introduction to the impact family dynamics can have on a person's health. Ideal as a supplemental training text for healthcare professionals, this unique book examines the connections between family and health, presenting a concise summary of family systems theory, basic family assessment, and the family life cycle. The book provides an understanding of how the patterns and systems found in a diverse range of family styles can create special health issues, and how the ability to assess and anticipate those issues can ensure the most comprehensive patient care and cost-effective management of time and resources.

As long as families continue to be the primary environment where patients learn and develop their beliefs and overall attitudes about life, it remains essential that any primary healthcare model includes a strong background in family dynamics and the critical, pivotal points of family life. Family Behavioral Issues in Health and Illness addresses the most important aspects of family to consider when providing care, presenting practical, real-life case studies that examine the resilience, strengths, and possibilities of families, as well as the problems and dysfunctions. The book looks at how significant events, such as marriage, divorce, birth, and death affect families, and how a knowledge of special family issues, including parenting, abuse, disability, and chronic illness prepares the healthcare professional to provide effective care for traditional, single-parent, multiracial, blended, adoptive, and same-gender families.

Family Behavioral Issues in Health and Illness examines:

boundaries, roles, and rules

triangulation

subsystems

scapegoating

parentification

healthy families

the family genogram

spiritual crises of family members infertility

families without children

intergenerational families

the family in later life

coping with alcoholism, dementia, bereavement, and/or mental illness

and much moreFamily Behavioral Issues in Health and Illness is an essential reference for healthcare professionals, educators, parents, and family members. The book provides a practical understanding of family relationships that helps healthcare providers guide patients toward a more complete well-being.

By: J Lebron Mcbride
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 180g
ISBN: 9780789029447
ISBN 10: 0789029448
Pages: 98
Publication Date: 20 April 2006
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword (Wayne S. Dysinger and June N. Dysinger) Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Changing American Family Definition Family Systems Theory The Family and Its Influence on Health Basic Family Assessment The Family Genogram Chapter 2. The Family Life Cycle The Single Young adult The New Couple The Family with Young Children The Family with Adolescents Launching Children and Moving On The Family in Later Life Chapter 3. Variations to the Family Life Cycle Blended Families Single-Parent Families Gay and Lesbian Families Families with Infertility Adoptive Families Families Without Children Families from Other Cultures Intergenerational Families Multiracial/Multiethnic Families Chapter 4. Special Family Topics Divorce Abuse Medical Issues and Family Life Chronic Medical Illness or Disability Dementia Bereavement Mental Illness Alcoholism Healthy Families Conclusion Resources References Index

J Lebron Mcbride