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Children and Families in Health and Illness
Contributor(s): Broome, Marion E. (Editor), Knafl, Kathleen A. (Editor), Feetham, Suzanne L. (Editor)
ISBN: 0803959036     ISBN-13: 9780803959033
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
OUR PRICE:   $170.05  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 1998
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Annotation: Written and edited by leading pediatric and family nurse researchers, Children and Families in Health and Illness provides a synthesis of the research literature in nursing for health promotion of children, pediatric acute and chronic conditions, and children and families and the health care system. Each of the four sections begins with a historical overview of the literature. The first three sections present reviews of assessment and intervention models and implications for practice, education, and research for their respective topics. The concluding section examines community infrastructures and issues in health services research. Children and Families in Health and Illness will prove an excellent shelf reference for researchers, graduate students and faculty, and a thought-provoking read for advanced-level practitioner nurses in child or family nursing.
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BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Nursing - Pediatric & Neonatal
- Medical | Nursing - Research & Theory
- Medical | Public Health
Dewey: 610.736
LCCN: 97-45403
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 7.05" W x 10.02" (1.72 lbs) 376 pages
 
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Written and edited by leading pediatric and family nurse researchers, this book provides a synthesis of the research literature in nursing and health promotion of children, pediatric acute and chronic conditions, and children and families in the health care system.Children and Families in Health and Illness will prove an excellent shelf reference for researchers and a thought-provoking read for advanced-level practitioner in child or family nursing.


Contributor Bio(s): Feetham, Suzanne L.: - Dr. Feetham has held clinical, research and leadership positions in academia, health systems (Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC), the Federal government (US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Nursing Research (Deputy Director and Chief of the Office of Science Policy, Planning and Analysis) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Her career has focused on health care to families and underserved populations and health policy.