Abstract
This paper describes an important recent development in American family therapy. Medical family therapy uses a biopsychosocial systems model to work with families who have a member with a chronic illness or disability. The authors maintain that family therapy has tended to embrace the mind–body split and to view itself too narrowly as a mental health specialty. Medical family therapists work collaboratively with physicians and other health professionals to help families achieve a sense of agency and communion in facing some of the greatest challenges that life brings. Copyright © 1994, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 31-46 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of Family Therapy |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1994 |