Family-focused nursing care [electronic resource] / Sharon A. Denham, Sandra Eggenberger, Patricia Young, Norma Krumwiede.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Family-focused nursing care -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Reviewers -- Chapter 1: Health Care Needs for the 21st Century -- Chapter 2: Moving to Family- Focused Care -- Chapter 3: Thinking Family to Guide Nursing Actions -- Chapter 4: Communication With and About Families -- Chapter 5: Family Assessment -- Chapter 6: Cultural and Diversity Aspects of Health and Illness Care Needs -- Chapter 7: Using Family Theory to Guide Nursing Practice -- Chapter 8: Developing a Family- Focused Nursing Practice -- Chapter 9: Family and Nurse Presence in Family- Focused Care -- Chapter 10: Family-Focused Care in Acute Illness -- Chapter 11: Family-Focused Care and Chronic Illness -- Chapter 12: Family-Focused Care to Meet Population Needs -- Chapter 13: "Doing For" Versus "Being With" -- Chapter 14: Family-Focused Nursing Actions -- Chapter 15: Teaching Family Members Supportive Care -- Index.

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