title: The family as a system in hospital-based social work.
abstract: Caring for disabled family members at home can create stress that may exacerbate existing dysfunctions in the family. By changing the orientation of hospital-based social work from "disabled family member as burden" to "family unit as an ongoing system," the authors have succeeded in helping dysfunctional, disunited families become functional family systems.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012947:Social Work; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000517:prevention & control