Family under the infl uence of a disease as a stressor

Publikacja recenzowana / Peer-reviewed publicationIllness, especially sudden and chronic, is not a problem just a sick person. Experiencing the whole family and it is always an event the entire family system. This can cause signifi cant changes in its structure and functioning. There are restrictions normal activities, family or professional. Followed by the need to take new actions related to submission to the healthcare system. The disease requires learning new unknown function, especially nursing. It also causes the abandonment of certain goals in life, or to modify them. There is no doubt that the demands placed on the family adaptation to the disease are an important source of stress