title: Nursing interventions with families: a demand or an invitation to change?
abstract: While nurses are becoming more adept at the assessment of families, intervention with families is an area that requires increased attention. This paper provides a critical analysis of existing nursing literature pertaining to interventions with families who are managing a member's chronic health condition. Three orientations to nursing interventions with families (traditional, transitional and non-traditional) are proposed, based on underlying perspectives regarding objectivity and linear versus systemic thinking. These orientations are further distinguished in relation to beliefs that are reflected in the intervention literature.
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011368:Professional-Family Relations