title: Birth of a comprehensive family-centered maternity program.
abstract: The author shares her personal experience in the development of a comprehensive family-centered maternity program. Emphasis is on concepts of continuous evaluation, planning, communication, and changes in attitude. The historical background and methodology are presented to demonstrate the cooperative efforts and responsibilities among nursing, hospital administration, the medical staff, and the consumer to attain their collective goal of a family-centered atmosphere.
mesh_terms: D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D005190:Family; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D009820:Ohio; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011247:Pregnancy