Caring for Children and Families ebook pdf
This text has been written as a resource for those who provide health care for children and their families. Contributors to the book are experts from a range of backgrounds – both in practice and academia. The contributors firmly believe, that the child comes first and foremost; they believe that each child is a unique person with individual needs and aspirations – this stance is clearly reflected in each chapter of the book. Children deserve the best possible care, and this cannot be provided unless there is an understanding of the context of children’s lives, both in the community at large and within healthcare settings. The concept of partnership focuses upon the need to deliver paediatric care in collaboration with the child and the family.This text encourages the reader to apply this approach to care delivery in any situation in which they may be working. Chapter 2 emphasises the importance of this, looking beyond a disease-orientated approach to one where the child ...