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Family and crisis: contributions of the systemic thinking for family care

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 01-01-2018;71(2):234-235

DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167.2018710201

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The noun crisis comes from the Greek etymology, which means a dramatic change in a person’s or group’s life, as the familiar. It can also be perceived as a biological, social, psychological or spiritual disturbing tension that requires additional effort in order to maintain the balance().

Families at different life cycle stages, from different configurations, and societies, may go through many crisis situations that may affect the family system and its members(). When thinking about this term, aspects related to financial difficulties arise in mind. Indeed, familiar crisis can be triggered due to economic factors(). Many other ways of tension, however, can be experienced by the family. Moral issues, secrets, fears, legacies, aspects related to sexuality, gender relations, diseases, losses, bereavement, and many others, compose part of humanity daily life that can trigger crises. So, crisis can be constituted by internal or external factors and can be considered according to the context, the parts involved, and its development process.

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