Application of a family systems approach to working with people affected by HIV disease – two case studies |
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| Authors: | Riva Miller,Eleanor Goldman&dagger ,Robert Bor&Dagger |
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| Affiliation: | Medical Social Worker, AIDS Counselling Co-ordinator, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK (address for correspondence);Honorary Senior Lecturer, Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine, London.;Haematologist, Haemophilia Centre, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.;Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology, Psychology Department, City University, London, UK. |
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| Abstract: | HIV infection, with its particular modes of transmission, affects relationships, interrupts the normal life-cycle and brings different challenges to patients and their contacts as they pass through the asymptomatic and symptomatic phases to the terminal stages of illness. This paper describes a family systems approach to therapy with people affected by HIV disease, illustrated by two case examples. |
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