Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, IA -- family orientation: a criterion of programs, policies.
When a family member is hospitalized, family dynamics change. One hospital seeks to help a family better cope with one member's illness through educational programs and hospital policies that seek to strengthen the family unit and to involve the family in patient care.
D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005190:Family; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D007484:Iowa