Genograma y ecomapa: diseñando itinerarios terapéuticos de familia en condición crónica

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The objective of the present study was to discuss the proposal of an interactive drawing for the genogram and ecomap tools that could represent, through time, the way that a family experiences the chronic illness affecting two relatives at the same time. We used Focal Life History as the methodological strategy to make the drawings as part of the family’s Therapeutic Itinerary. The tools proposed as interactive drawings were able to systemize, synthesize and offer visibility to the family adjustments and care webs woven during their experience of the illness. Despite the persisting limitations when printed, these drawings broaden the capacity to express the different spaces and times of that experience, and to evaluate the existing supports and resources available for the family to provide care themselves or find professional care, thus motivating the thoughts of new health care practices and the involved nursing interventions.

Descriptors: Family Relations; Social Support; Chronic Disease; Drawings; Nursing.