Family Health: a Framework for Nursing

F.A. Davis (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

277 Seiten

2002
F.A. Davis Company (Verlag)
978-0-8036-0944-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This textbook focuses on family health from a household perspective. It provides an ecological framework for assessment, clinically practical tools for planning and implementing care, and criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. The book identifies the ways families define family health and modify their family health construction. It describes behaviours perceived as destructive to family health and identifies the contextual influences that affect family health.

Inhalt

Part 1 Introduction to the model: an ecological model of family health; conceptual underpinnings of family health; family concepts; health and family health concepts. Part 2 Contextual aspects of family health: family context - a dimension of family health; the family microsystem as the context of family health; broader aspects of the family's embedded contextual system. Part 3 Functional aspects of family health: functional aspects of family health; the household production of health; the core processes of family health. Part 4 Structural aspects of family health: family health routines - the structure of family health; factors affecting family health routines; categories of family health routines. Part 5 Family-focused practice: family theories; mothers as family health leaders; family-focused practice for the 21st century; participating in family-focused practice. Appendix: assessment of the family context.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2003
• Verlagsort: Pennsylvania
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 445 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• ISBN-10: 0-8036-0944-2 / 0803609442
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-0944-0 / 9780803609440
• Zustand: Neuware