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The physician who cares for the patient within the context of family should understand the impact of crisis on the functional state of the family. Such knowledge will facilitate the diagnosis and management of crisisinduced family dysfunction (1, 4, 5, 13, 15, 16).
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Smilkstein, G. (1978). The Family in Crisis. In: Taylor, R.B. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3999-2_27
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