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Growth and function

Submitted by Sam Flesher (guest) on Sat, 11/22/2008 - 4:35pm.

"If we focus on the story teller then we are able to appreciate each individual experience for what it is and help every person reach a place where they can grow/learn/thrive to the best of their ability. If we focus on function, then we deal with external behaviours in order to make sure that individuals can experience a 'normative' reality. Or even, is it possible to focus on both without one overriding the other? How do we need to change to make that happen?"

Lots of things keep people from experiencing a normative reality including illness. Amerliorating and illness can bring back growth function and more of normative reality. The human dimensions of illness are overlooked across the medical system. Bringing those dimensions back in means specific changes to the system. That is hard but not undoble.

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