title: Beyond dichotomies in the nursing of persons and families.
abstract: The dichotomy of individual and family nursing has served the discipline well. However, the time has come for a reconciliation of these perspectives and the redefinition of nursing as inclusive of both individuals and families. A conceptual framework that draws distinctions among four different nursing focuses of persons and families is described.
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia at Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009742:Nursing Theory; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D009626:Terminology as Topic