a case of acute porphyria with polynevrite is described. evidence of porphyria has been formed in other members of the family.

familial colloid cyst of the third ventricle is very rare. this is one of the two largest families reported and the first in which all affected members are siblings. one asymptomatic sister was found by screening, emphasizing the value of screening. a brother and two sisters from a family consisting of three brothers and three sisters who were diagnosed as having colloid cyst of the third ventr...

In trying to comprehend a culture and its ways of structuring the world, much can be learned from addressing the manner in which intimate family relationships are ordered and family crises channeled toward care. A family's experience with illness cannot be considered in isolation from the cultural milieu in which it occurs. Family adaptation to cancer diagnosis is a continuous motion between ma...

Familial colloid cyst of the third ventricle is very rare. This is one of the two largest families reported and the first in which all affected members are siblings. One asymptomatic sister was found by screening, emphasizing the value of screening. A brother and two sisters from a family consisting of three brothers and three sisters who were diagnosed as having colloid cyst of the third v...

When working in intensive care, it does not take long to realise hat intensive care nursing is not just about operating technology nd managing medical treatments. Nor is it solely about providng physical and psychological support for the critically ill patient. ntensive and critical care nursing is also caring for, and caring bout, families. Whether you are passionate about it, or are chalenged...

ABSTRACT Objective: To reflect on the interdisciplinary training of health team professionals to work with family in Primary Healthcare, considering complexity phenomenon their and illness experiences. Method: A reflection article which need incorporate new concepts for Healthcare is discussed. Results: The theoretical articulation between Patient- Family-Centered Care Model, Interprofessional ...

402 There are two wrenching stories in this issue of the Annals1,2 that remind us why, when we family physicans are at our best, we should practice “in the context of family and community,”3—for as Khare knows from personal experience, “mental illness is not a patient illness but a family illness.”1 At its inception, the discipline of family medicine was awash in considerations of the importanc...

Mental illness in children affects more than just the children—it impacts the entire family. Parents become both caregivers, managing the fluctuating moods and behaviors of their children, and case managers, coordinating the services needed by their children. Parent caregivers of children with mental illness struggle to meet the needs of their entire family by balancing the needs of their child...