Abstract

This article provides a family-systems developmental framework for anticipatory loss in situations of physical illness, disability, and long-term psychiatric disorders, and offers a conceptual base for theory building, clinical practice, and research. A family systems-illness model that integrates psychosocial types and phases of illness with family variables, in particular, developmental patterns and beliefs systems, provides a foundation to rethink and expand our approaches to threatened loss.

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