Lindenmeyer, Antje, Griffiths, Frances and Hodson, Jean (2011) 'The family is part of the treatment really’ : a qualitative exploration of collective health narratives in families. Health, Vol.15 (No.4). pp. 401-415. doi:10.1177/1363459310384493 ISSN 1461-7196.

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Abstract

Health professionals in primary care are increasingly being urged to ask about family history, and possibilities to use this information systematically to discuss illness
prevention with patients are currently being explored (Qureshi et al., 2009). However, discussions about family history in a health care context can be problematic. Health
professionals may focus on extracting numerical information and sideline contextual narratives. For example, in consultations about heart disease, general practitioners may concentrate on the number of affected relatives and how old they were when diagnosed, avoiding engagement with patients about why they thought their relatives had heart disease (Hall, Saukko, Evans, Qureshi and Humphries, 2007). Clinicians are
increasingly asking questions about family history of illness, prompted by guidance (see e.g. Joint British Societies (2005)). The information they glean becomes part of decision making, such as the decision by the doctor to prescribe a statin to reduce cholesterol level in the blood and so reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, while the patient's understanding of their family history may influence the decision to take the statin or not (Frich, Ose, Malterud and Fugelli, 2006).

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Medical history taking
Journal or Publication Title:	Health
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	1461-7196
Official Date:	July 2011
Dates:	Date Event July 2011 Published
Volume:	Vol.15
Number:	No.4
Page Range:	pp. 401-415
DOI:	10.1177/1363459310384493
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	16 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access:	16 December 2015

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