Evaluating Patients with Chronic Pain and their Families: How you can recognize maladaptive patterns.
Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: Inclusion of family members in the assessment of patients with chronic pain can improve outcomes. Family functioning can be assessed in four basic areas: boundaries, power, communication, and intimacy. Early recognition of maladaptive patterns in the family allows the family physician to consider a variety of interventions ranging from educating the spouse to referring the family for therapy or multidisciplinary pain management.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: R B Margolis, W T Merkel, R C Tait, W Richardson
Language: English
Subfield: Pharmacology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W54504941