Family-centered care has been recommended to improve the quality of care and health
outcomes of children and their families (
American Academy of Pediatrics, 2003
,
American Nurses Association et al., 2008
). Indeed, the evidence supports that creating partnerships with parents through family-centered
care leads to improved health outcomes and quality of care for children with chronic
conditions and physical disabilities, as well as children with special healthcare
needs (
Christian, 2010
,
Christian, 2011a
,
Denboba et al., 2006
,
King et al., 1999
,
Murphy and Christian, 2007
). Moreover, without family-centered care, the quality of care for children with chronic
conditions and physical disabilities is compromised (
Murphy and Christian, 2007
). However, in a state of the science review,
Harrison, 2010
noted that there remains a lack of family-centered care in pediatric nursing.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 29, 2016
Accepted:
March 2,
2016
Received:
February 29,
2016
Editor: Becky J. Christian PhD, RN, FNAPIdentification
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