title: A family systems approach to case management in a rural community setting.
abstract: Case management has proven to be an effective mechanism in assisting clients to seek and receive health care in the most appropriate setting. A family systems approach has been added to the case management program in a Midwestern rural community to encourage greater client and family participation in developing solutions to health care problems. Clients and families become more autonomous decision-makers and authors of change.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Service, Perry County Memorial Hospital, Perryville, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brumfield
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*