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The Effects of Childhood Chronic Illness on the Family: Implications for Health Care Professionals

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1986

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This article traces and assesses the progress that has been made to date in understanding how childhood chronic illness impacts on subsystems of the family as well as on the family as a unit. Review of both the theoretical and the clinical literature raises several questions, including the utility of adopting a psychopathological model to ascertain the functioning of subsystems and the entire system in families wherein there exists a chronically ill child. The implications of these questions for future research endeavors and for clinical practice are discussed.

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Cet article décrit et évalue les progrès faits jusqu'à présent pour comprendre les effets de la maladie chronique des enfants sur les sous-systèmes reliés à la famille aussi bien que sur la famille elle-même. Une recension des écrits théoriques et cliniques soulève plusieurs questions; l'une d'elle concerne l'utilité d'adopter un modèle psychopathologique pour expliquer le fonctionnement des sous-systèmes et du système familial oú vit un enfant malade chronique. On discute des implications de ces questions pour les avenues à explorer dans la recherche et la pratique clinique.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 5Number 1April 1986
Pages: 111 - 127

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Version of record online: 29 April 2009

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Sharon Goszer Tritt
University of Manitoba
Lillian M. Esses
University of Manitoba

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