ISSN 1789-8919
e-ISSN 2786-1562
The investigation of the somatic patient’s illness beliefs and attitudes is very important because according to studies the illness representations have affects on several recovery-related processes.
The aim of the study is to present the characteristics of the illness representations and the possibilities of the exploration.Moreover the study presents two case-studies, which demonstrate the practical use of these methods.
This study draw atteintion to the importance of the examination of the illness representations of the somatic patients. As well as emphasises the importance of to education of thhis knowledge during thraining the health care and social professionals.
Keywords: illness representations, healing, drawing tests
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