Introduction

Qualitative research is mainly used to perceive activities of people and the reasons that rule such behaviors. This method focuses on decision making while putting emphasis on why, how, what, where and when they occur. It also concentrates on the content analysis and evaluation of text material depending on the expected topic of study. The main way in which results are organized and reported in this method is by the category of data into patterns. Read more

The term trauma is used to describe the painful and distressing situations experienced by a person. Most people do not express trauma explicitly. Identifying the traumatized individual, therefore, is a hectic process. This is even more difficult if there is a weak relationship between the traumatized individual and the physician. While in an internship, I had a chance to work with a family whom they had been exposed to traumatic conditions for several years. The family was composed of the grandmother, Sarah, who was aged 49 and mentally retarded, the mother, Jasmin, aged 23 and with low IQ, the father, John, aged 25 and addicted to drugs and to daughter, Kelly and Janie, who were both aged 15months and 2years old consecutively. During my first encounter with the family, I was doing my normal chores of assisting the family in medical applications, job hunting, and financial assistance.

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