Anticipatory loss: a family systems developmental framework |
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Authors: | J S Rolland |
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Institution: | Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, IL. |
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Abstract: | This article provides a family-systems developmental framework for anticipatory loss in situations of physical illness, disability, and long-term psychiatric disorders, and offers a conceptual base for theory building, clinical practice, and research. A family systems-illness model that integrates psychosocial types and phases of illness with family variables, in particular, developmental patterns and beliefs systems, provides a foundation to rethink and expand our approaches to threatened loss. |
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