Commitment to family-oriented care demands innovation, sensitivity.
During the Decade of the Family, Catholic health care facilities should reexamine their commitment to family-oriented care. Do admission, treatment, and discharge procedures take into account that the patient is one member of a unit? Or do they focus solely on the patient as a physically sick individual?
D002410:Catholicism; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D005190:Family; D005192:Family Health; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D010327:Pastoral Care