• A new, evidence-based, clinical focus with more emphasis on today’s families.
• Family nursing chapters organized by trajectory of illness and based on evidence-based reviews of the literature and nursing interventions effective in everyday practice.
• Discussions of four theoretical models, Family Ecological Theory • Family Resiliency Model • Family Systems Model • Family Life Cycle Model.
• Two new chapters, Family Social Policy and Health Disparities and Families in Disaster.
• A genogram and an ecomap in each clinical chapter, as well as suggestions for other screening assessment tools, when appropriate.
• Two online chapters, Research in Families and Family Nursing and International Family Nursing. [Are these chapter titles correct?
• Expanded Canadian-specific content throughout.
• Coverage of families dealing with end-of-life issues now in a single chapter.

• A comprehensive overview of family nursing that links family theory and research to clinical implementation.
• Clinical case studies that illustrate interventions, including health promotion.
• Lists of web references and community resources.
• Tables, quotations, and boxes that highlight critical information.

1. Foundations in Family Health Care Nursing
2. Introduction to Family Health Care Nursing
3. Families and Health Demographics
4. Theoretical Foundations for Family Nursing
5. Family Assessment Approaches and Intervention Strategies
6. Family Social Policy and Health Disparities
7. Family Health Promotion
8. Family Nursing Practice in the Community
9. Families in the Community
10. Childbearing Families
11. Families with Children
12. Aging families
13. Diverse and At Risk Families
14. Family Health Care Nursing
15. Families with Genetic Health Issues
16. Families with Medical Surgical Illnesses
17. Families and Chronic illness
18. Families Dealing with Mental Health Issues
19. Families and End of Life Issues
20. Families Dealing with Disasters
21. Looking Toward the Future
22. The Future of Families and Family Nursing

Appendices

1. Combined Resource List for Family Nursing
2. Glossary
3. Family Systems Stressor-Strength Inventory (FS3I)
4. The Friedman Family Assessment Model (Short Form)