Family Systems Perspective and Diabetes Type I: Reflective Analysis

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to reflectively explore diabetes from a family systems perspective. Specific discussion will involve current understanding of Type I Diabetes and Family Systems, understanding suffering of illness experience, and will provide comparison and contrast of effective behavioral interventions for families under the care of a marriage and family therapist. While moving expectations toward systemic understanding of Type I Diabetes will be explored, and a brief account of the researchers’ personal and present familial history within the discipline of marriage and family therapy will also be discussed.