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Caring for Families

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Too often physicians and other members of the interdisciplinary team (IDT) shudder when the note, “Please call Mrs. Jones’ daughter” appears on the chart. The goal of this chapter is to examine attitudes, review and apply knowledge, and illustrate skills that will improve the performance of all practitioners who must work with families in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PA/LTC) setting.

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, 1115 East 20th Street, Sioux Falls, SD, 57105, USA

    David Brechtelsbauer

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  1. School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Pamela A. Fenstemacher

  2. Department of Family and Preventive Medi, University of Oklahoma Department of Family and Preventive Medi, OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, USA

    Peter Winn

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Brechtelsbauer, D. (2016). Caring for Families. In: Fenstemacher, P., Winn, P. (eds) Post-Acute and Long-Term Medicine. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16979-8_16

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