A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH TO THE FAMILY OF THE PATIENT WITH CHARCOT MARIE TOOTH

The ebook will be sent via email. The diagnosis of a chronic disease has a strong impact, not only on those affected but on their entire relationship context, in particular the family one. In turn, the management of the disease by the family strongly influences the person who is the carrier of the aforementioned disease. Different attitudes can be implemented within the family unit to deal with the pathology, from avoidant to overprotective ones... but is there one that can be considered ideal? Through a systemic analysis, the study of some clinical cases and the fundamental transition from stalling to standing up, Paola Gargiulo Maffei proposes a new approach, which starts from the acceptance of the diagnosis by the patient and his relatives and arrives at understanding of the fact that the pathology is not and must not be all-encompassing: the person, therefore, long before the disease.