Denham, Sharon A.

Family health : a framework for nursing. - Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Publishers, 2003. - xvi, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This textbook focuses on family health from a household perspective. It provides an ecological framework for assessment, clinically practical tools for planning and implementing care, and criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. The book indentifies the ways families define family health and modify their family health construction. It describes behaviours perceived as destructive to family health and identifies the contextual influences that affect family health.

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Nurse practitioner
Primary care

WA 308 DF 2003