TY - JOUR
T1 - The meaning of Balint's 'mutual investment company'
T2 - A family physician's analysis of ten years caring for a family
AU - Matalon, Andre
AU - Mazor, Aviva
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - A long-term doctor-family relationship is described through Balint's construct of the 'mutual investment company,' and integrated with Engel's biopsychosocial model. The family physician's insights, feelings, and self- awareness during the ten years in which he accompanied this family become an important source for an understanding of the family system. The mutual growth of trust, knowledge, and satisfaction is disclosed, based on the continuous therapeutic relationship.
AB - A long-term doctor-family relationship is described through Balint's construct of the 'mutual investment company,' and integrated with Engel's biopsychosocial model. The family physician's insights, feelings, and self- awareness during the ten years in which he accompanied this family become an important source for an understanding of the family system. The mutual growth of trust, knowledge, and satisfaction is disclosed, based on the continuous therapeutic relationship.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032829758&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/h0089877
DO - 10.1037/h0089877
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AN - SCOPUS:0032829758
SN - 1091-7527
VL - 17
SP - 365
EP - 372
JO - Families, Systems and Health
JF - Families, Systems and Health
IS - 3
ER -