title: [Biography-oriented diagnostics in counselling of patients with chronic illness].
abstract: The article examines two concepts of counselling of patients by nurses that are popular in the German-speaking area with regard to their underlying scientific standpoint and ideals and their implications on counselling-process and -result. The authors determine that both concepts disregard the biographic construction processes which are so important for coping with and tackling chronic illness. The article concludes with a discussion of prospective use of biographic diagnostics in counselling of patients with chronic illness.
authors.affiliation: Universität Bremen, Fachbereich Human- und Gesundheitswissenschaften, Studiengang Pflegewissenschaft, Grazer Strasse 6, D-28359 Bremen.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Darmann-Finck
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sahm
mesh_terms: D001680:Biographies as Topic; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D003376:Counseling; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing