Family-Oriented Primary Care: A Manual for Medical Providers

Basic Premises of Family-Oriented Primary Care....Pages 1-15
How Families Affect Illness: Research on the Family\'s Influence on Health....Pages 16-27
Family Systems Concepts: Tools for Assessing Families in Primary Care....Pages 28-42
A Family-Oriented Approach to Individual Patients....Pages 43-53
Involving the Family in Daily Practice....Pages 54-71
Building Partnerships: Promoting Working Alliances and Motivation for Change....Pages 72-89
Family Interviewing Skills in Primary Care: From Routine Contact to the Comprehensive Family Conference....Pages 90-104
When Interactions Are Difficult....Pages 105-123
Working with Couples in Primary Care: One Plus One Is More Than Two....Pages 124-141
The Birth of a Family: Family-Oriented Pregnancy Care....Pages 142-166
Supporting Parents: Family-Oriented Child Healthcare....Pages 167-181
When Parents Get Stuck: Helping with Child Behavior Problems....Pages 182-202
Family-Oriented Care of Adolescents....Pages 203-220
Recognizing the Signs of Strain: Counseling Couples in Primary Care....Pages 221-241
Anticipating Loss: Healthcare for Older Patients and Their Family Caregivers....Pages 242-260
Looking Death in the Eye: Facilitating End-of-Life Care and the Grieving Process....Pages 261-284
Genetic Screening, Testing, and Families....Pages 285-303
The Developmental Challenges of Chronic Illness: Helping Patients and Families Cope....Pages 304-325
Integrating the Mind—Body Split: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Somatic Fixation....Pages 326-345
Mobilizing Resources: The Assessment and Treatment of Depression in Primary Care....Pages 346-360
When Drinking or Drugs Is Part of the Problem: A Family Approach to the Detection and Management of Substance Use and Abuse....Pages 361-375
Protecting the Family: Domestic Violence and the Primary Care Clinician....Pages 376-398
Family-Oriented Primary Care in the Real World: Practical Considerations for Comprehensive Care....Pages 399-413
Acute Hospital Care: Letting the Family In....Pages 414-431
Working Together: Collaboration and Referral to Family-Oriented Mental Health Professionals....Pages 432-449
Managing Personal and Professional Boundaries: How the Clinician\'s Experience Can Be a Resource in Patient Care....Pages 450-464