Family-centred care: the ‘captive mother’ revisited

The captive mother.

Family-centred care in family-specific teams.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the perceptions and views of parents and rehabilitation and special education professionals on the family-centredness of care delivered and received. DESIGN Descriptive study with comparison of ratings in family-specific teams. SETTING Five paediatric facilities in the Netherlands. SUBJECTS Parents of children with cerebral palsy and professionals providing their chi...

Family-centred care in the paediatric intensive care unit.

AIM The aim was to assess emotional support given to mothers of children in intensive care units (ICUs) and make recommendations to nurse managers regarding family-centred nursing care in paediatric ICUs in South Africa. BACKGROUND Family-centred care is an essential component of paediatric care. Nurse managers should enhance implementation and sustainability to ensure quality care. METHODS...

Family-centred approaches to the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV

BACKGROUND Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programmes have traditionally been narrow in scope, targeting biomedical interventions during the perinatal period, rather than considering HIV as a family disease. This limited focus restricts programmes' effectiveness, and the opportunity to broaden prevention measures has largely been overlooked.Although prevention of vertical tra...

Family-centred care in Intensive Care: Moving the evidence forward-A call for papers.

When working in intensive care, it does not take long to realise hat intensive care nursing is not just about operating technology nd managing medical treatments. Nor is it solely about providng physical and psychological support for the critically ill patient. ntensive and critical care nursing is also caring for, and caring bout, families. Whether you are passionate about it, or are chalenged...