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The Impact of Illness on the Family

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This chapter deals with the impact of illness on the family. Our exploration of the subject focuses on an understanding of illness as opposed to disease, the meaning of illness for the family, the typical family illness trajectory that can be observed when a member of the family is ill, and on guidance to the family physician in dealing with illness.

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  1. Bill D. Burr
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  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, 300 South Hawthorne Road, 27103, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

    Robert B. Taylor M.D.

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Burr, B.D., Good, B.J., Good, MJ.D. (1978). The Impact of Illness on the Family. In: Taylor, R.B. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3999-2_26

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