title: Readings in Family Nursing G D Wegner Readings in Family Nursing R J Alexander J B Lippincott 420pp £24.95 0-397-55033-2.
abstract: Readings in Family Nursing is divided into four parts and contains selected papers and articles from nursing journals (1989-1991). The formats vary: some are case studies, some research and some are issues of theory development. Part One concentrates extensively on theory development in family health nursing from the child to the elderly person, regarding the health needs within the family. Among the various models discussed are the Roy Adaptation model, Orem's, Parse's theory and Newman's systems model. Family nursing is practised at three levels: individual, interpersonal and system.