Collaborative interviewing: a family-centered approach to pediatric care.
The collaborative-consultative role of the social worker as a team member in primary-care pediatrics encourages a family-centered approach to health care. Planned, collaborative interviewing of patients and their families by social workers and medical or nursing staff early in a case appears to increase favorable outcomes of social work interventions, according to the study presented in this article.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001900:Boston; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*