ABSTRACT
The chapter describes a self-sufficient network created for resolution of medical problems, and the role played by consultee-centered consultation in promoting a resolution of the health crisis. The first part briefly describes the mutual relationships and the roles played by the health professionals in the hematology unit of a clinical hospital, a patient self-help group, and the Medical Family Program of a Masters program in the faculty of psychology. These relationships and the respective roles are understood by those involved in the network as self-sufficient and noncost mutual services and help. The second part of the chapter describes the consultation services provided by the medical family program with both the hematology unit and the patients self-help group. Some examples are offered, and the consultation process is depicted in its various stages and goals. The main goals of the paper are to offer a structural description of the network, describe the consultation intervention, and finally, to present examples of the problems experienced.
