All is not well with family-centred care
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All is not well with family-centred care

Linda Shields Professor of rural health, Charles Sturt University, NSW Australia

With universal guidelines on family-centred care being considered unethical, how should the 30-year-old practice change?

Family-centred care is in trouble. For 30 years, hospitals and health services around the world have been trying to implement it.

Nursing Children and Young People. 29, 4, 14-15. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.29.4.14.s15

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