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BRIEF FAMILY‐FOCUSED INTERVENTION ON THE PEDIATRIC CANCER UNIT
Author(s) -
Friedrich William N.,
Copeland Donna R.
Publication year - 1983
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.1752-0606.1983.tb01513.x
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , pediatric cancer , cancer , family therapy , unit (ring theory) , medicine , resistance (ecology) , psychology , psychotherapist , family medicine , psychiatry , ecology , mathematics education , biology
Behavioral problems that frequently occur in pediatric cancer treatment settings, such as food refusal and the resistance to treatment, have been successfully treated utilizing family therapy techniques. The theoretical background that supports this mode of intervention and several case studies are presented.