Explorations in family nursing / edited by Dorothy Whyte.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whyte, Dorothy A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family nursing.

Family medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the theory behind family nursing, and the value it serves to patients both in the community and in hospitals. Widely applied as a systematic strategy in a whole range of cases, it strengthens the level of care available.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Family nursing: a systemic approach to nursing work with families; The family: images, definitions and development; Coping with transitions: crisis and loss; Chronic illness in childhood; The terminally ill child: supporting the family anticipating loss; Family systems nursing: problems of adolescence; A systemic approach to supporting the families of children with learning disabilities; Family nursing in intensive care; Intrafamilial sexual abuse: a family psychiatric nursing perspective

Vulnerable families: a challenge for health visitingFamily nursing with elderly people; Families in transition: a community nursing perspective; Reflections on family nursing; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-78543-7

1-134-78544-5

0-203-43595-8

1-280-01868-2

9786610018680

9780203435953

OCLC:

475877285