title: Making family-centered care a reality.
abstract: Family-centered care means, in the broadest sense, welcoming the family as partners in the care of the child. Family-centered care challenges us to create a new vision of a hospital environment that works in a very different way and that can actually improve clinical outcomes. This report describes one hospital's journey into family-centered care--its accomplishments and its challenges. It should be noted that, although this report describes family-centered care in a children's hospital, the philosophy beautifully adapts to an adult facility.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Conant Rees
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers; D019090:Case Management / Q000639:trends; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care