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‘In sickness and in health’: the development of alternative discourses in work with families with parental illness
Author(s) -
Dale Barbara,
Altschuler Jenny
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6427.00119
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , process (computing) , work (physics) , sociology of health and illness , medicine , health care , political science , mechanical engineering , computer science , law , engineering , operating system
This paper outlines the development of clinical understanding and a clinical model for working with families with parental physical illness. The lens of gender to explore clinical process reveals blind spots and can uncover alternative perspectives on parental illness. The authors look at the very different needs of children and parents for coherent explanations. The impact of this way of working on therapists and the importance of reflecting teams, as part of the process of working collaboratively with families, are addressed.