title: [Main concepts of the systemic approach in nursing care given to the individual and his/her family].
abstract: With the current emphasis in the family question it is important to discuss some concepts underlying the systemic approach to the family nursing care, which has in the interview with the family its main instrument. In this paper the following concepts are discussed: system, human being, family, familiar health, nursing intervention, hypotheses, circularity, systemic hypothesis and neutrality. It was aimed to supply practical examples that could facilitated the understanding of the concepts, as well as its applicability.
authors.affiliation: DEPCHda EERP, USP. sugalera@eerp.usp.br
authors.forename: Sueli Aparecida Frari
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Galera
authors.forename: Margarita Antonia Villar
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Luis
mesh_terms: D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*; D009736:Nursing Process