title: How illness affects patients' families.
abstract: This review describes the impact of illness on patients' families and the importance of this for doctors who wish to involve relatives in rehabilitation programmes. It is essential that studies of such impact employ reliable methodology in assessing patient outcome and relatives' functioning.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Livingston
mesh_terms: D004194:Disease; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D012657:Self-Help Groups