title: Let us be prepared.
abstract: Public debate is required if families are required to fill the gap left by hospitals which now only "care" for the illness and not the patient.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, The Alfred, Commerical Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia. Bebe.Loff@Med.monash.edu.au
authors.forename: Bebe
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Loff
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009732:Nursing Care; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care