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Published on: February 16, 2011
Making family-centered care a reality
1Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN, USA.
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.
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