The symptom-carrying child as a preserver of the family unit

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 353-364

  Yahav, R ^a   Sharlin, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

child responsibility and involvement; family unit; scapegoating; symptom carrying child; identified patient ; triangulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937323420     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2000.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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