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. 1988 Jan;34:87–93.

Incorporating the Family into Medical Care

RJ Sawa
PMCID: PMC2218713  PMID: 21264024

Abstract

The biomedical model provides an incomplete conceptual framework for the practice of family medicine. Whole-person medicine—the biopsychosocial model—and the integration of the family into medical care help to extend the conceptual framework of the family physician in a clinically useful way. This paper outlines methods of incorporating the family into medical care.

Keywords: whole-person medicine, biopsychosocial medicine, family systems

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