Family Conference In Primary Care Practice

Abstract

From the Epidemiology Triangle, we can see that a person’s health status is influenced by 3 factors: host, agent, and the environment. The environment plays the biggest role as the cause of health problems, one of which is the family environment. Family can become a supporting factor or inhibiting factor in the successful management of patient’s cases. Therefore, a primary care physician/family physician needs to conduct family meetings to discuss and agree on solutions with the patient’s family by paying attention to inhibiting and supporting factors and find common solutions for the benefit of the patient.