Korean J Fam Pract 2020; 10(4): 240-247  https://doi.org/10.21215/kjfp.2020.10.4.240
Understanding ‘Family’ for Family-Oriented Medical Care
Jong Sung Kim1,*, Sami Lee1, Joo Sung Park2, Mi Kyeong Oh3
1Department of Family Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon; 2Department of Family Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan; 3Department of Family Medicine, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea
Jong Sung Kim
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E-mail: josephkim@cnu.ac.kr
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5945-0784
Received: April 17, 2020; Accepted: May 16, 2020; Published online: August 20, 2020.
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Abstract
The clinical philosophy of family medicine is to provide warm-hearted health care to every human being as opposed to the modern subspecialized care called “inhuman medicine.” One of the strategies to implement this philosophy is comprehensive care. Comprehensive care uses the biopsychosocial model approach to health problems. Comprehensive evaluation and management of biopsychosocial dimensions is unique to family medicine, and it is difficult to achieve through subspecialized care. Family-oriented health care is a specific tool to practice comprehensive care based on the biopsychosocial approach. For family-oriented medical care, the family physician needs to understand “family” from two perspectives: structural and developmental. From the structural perspective, family is a group of small entities called holons. From the developmental perspective, family is an entity that keeps changing and developing through the family life cycle and events. Family-oriented care, in these two contexts, tries to understand and address the communication and behavior patterns of the family members.
Keywords: Family; Family Practice; Comprehensive Health Care; Health Care; Communication
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