Published online November 1, 2006
PEDIATRICS Vol. 118 No. 5 November 2006, pp. 2242-2244 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-2588)
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Related Collections
Right arrow Emergency Medicine
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Facebook   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

POLICY STATEMENT

Patient- and Family-Centered Care and the Role of the Emergency Physician Providing Care to a Child in the Emergency Department

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee

Patient- and family-centered care is an approach to health care that recognizes the role of the family in providing medical care; encourages collaboration between the patient, family, and health care professionals; and honors individual and family strengths, cultures, traditions, and expertise. Although there are many opportunities for providing patient- and family-centered care in the emergency department, there are also challenges to doing so. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians support promoting patient dignity, comfort, and autonomy; recognizing the patient and family as key decision-makers in the patient's medical care; recognizing the patient's experience and perspective in a culturally sensitive manner; acknowledging the interdependence of child and parent as well as the pediatric patient's evolving independence; encouraging family-member presence; providing information to the family during interventions; encouraging collaboration with other health care professionals; acknowledging the importance of the patient's medical home; and encouraging institutional policies for patient- and family-centered care.

Key Words: patient- and family-centered care • family-centered care • family-member presence • cultural sensitivity • pediatric patient's medical home

Abbreviations: PFCC—patient- and family-centered care • ED—emergency department • AAP—American Academy of Pediatrics


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Facebook Facebook   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 PediatricsHome page
American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, Pediatric Committee, and Emergency Nurses Association Pediatric Committee
Joint Policy Statement--Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department
Pediatrics, October 1, 2009; 124(4): 1233 - 1243.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 PediatricsHome page
C. Tinsley, J. B. Hill, J. Shah, G. Zimmerman, M. Wilson, K. Freier, and S. Abd-Allah
Experience of Families During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Pediatrics, October 1, 2008; 122(4): e799 - e804.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 PediatricsHome page
P. J. O'Malley, K. Brown, S. E. Krug, and and the Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Patient- and Family-Centered Care of Children in the Emergency Department
Pediatrics, August 1, 2008; 122(2): e511 - e521.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 PediatricsHome page
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, Section on Orthopaedics, Committee on Pediatric Em, and PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA
Management of Pediatric Trauma
Pediatrics, April 1, 2008; 121(4): 849 - 854.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 PediatricsHome page
Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Patient Safety in the Pediatric Emergency Care Setting
Pediatrics, December 1, 2007; 120(6): 1367 - 1375.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 PediatricsHome page
R. S. Dingeman, E. A. Mitchell, E. C. Meyer, and M. A.Q. Curley
Parent Presence During Complex Invasive Procedures and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Pediatrics, October 1, 2007; 120(4): 842 - 854.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 PediatricsHome page
K. J. O'Connell, M. M. Farah, P. Spandorfer, and J. J. Zorc
Family Presence During Pediatric Trauma Team Activation: An Assessment of a Structured Program
Pediatrics, September 1, 2007; 120(3): e565 - e574.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 AAP Grand RoundsHome page
A. H. M. Antommaria and N. C. Dudley
Should Families Be Present During CPR?
AAP Grand Rounds, January 1, 2007; 17(1): 4 - 5.
[Full Text] [PDF]