title: Family focus. When hospitals put the emphasis on patients and families, everyone benefits.
abstract: Adopting a family-centered approach to care requires a profound cultural change--from an emphasis on technology and science to one of sharing and collaboration among staff, patients, and family. Organizations that make the shift find that, despite the hard work, everyone ends up happier and healthier.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Family-Centered Care, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006075:Governing Board; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016134:Organizational Policy; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D015143:Philadelphia; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012944:Social Support; D014789:Visitors to Patients