title: Developing family care plans: a systems perspective for helping hospice families.
abstract: Although terminal care literature may address the importance of the family in the patient's treatment, the family as a whole is seldom considered as the unit of care. A family system's perspective can offer a more holistic approach to providing care to the terminally ill. In this paper, Rosen's model of family system response to stress is adapted to provide a framework for understanding and helping hospice families. To ascertain information critical to the development of a comprehensive care plan, a general format is outlined. Case examples illustrate the application of this approach.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control; D013598:Systems Theory