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LET US FIRST DO NO HARM
Author(s) -
Becvar Raphael J.,
Becvar Dorothy Stroh,
Bender Albert E.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1982.tb01464.x
Subject(s) - dysfunctional family , harm , enthusiasm , perspective (graphical) , psychology , social psychology , criminology , service (business) , psychotherapist , economics , computer science , artificial intelligence , economy
This article offers the hypothesis that an increasing effort to help families and marriages may inadvertently contribute to their dysfunction. By examining the institutions of family and marriage in the broader societal perspective as well as the theories we use to assign the labels “functional” or “dysfunctional” to families and marriages, we may render a more useful service to the health of these systems. In our enthusiasm to do good, let us first do no harm.