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The article reports on the role of charities and the National Health Service in developing specialist care for young people with cancer and the need for specialist practitioners and services to cooperate with patients aged 13 to 25.

In this article, the authors offer what they believe to be the three most common errors or mistakes in relational family nursing practice. Each error is described, followed by practical suggestions on how the mistake or error can be avoided. A clinical case vignette for each error is also given, with useful ideas of how the mistakes could have been avoided or sidestepped. By sidestepping and avoiding the most prevalent mistakes, nurses can not only sustain but also improve their nursing care of families and thus prevent unnecessary anguish and suffering of family members and possible shame, guilt, or embarrassment on the part of the nurse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Looks at the evolving role nurses in their working with families. Variety of contexts in which nurses are employed in hospital settings; Factors that have prohibited and inhibited nurses from doing more family work; Importance for nursing to be cognizant that all families with a hospitalized family member need information and support.

Focuses on the influence of the beliefs of nurses on individuals and families for whom they care. Context of practice; Systemic belief therapy; Clinical example of a post-myocardial-infarction couple; Highlights of clinical sessions; Implications for clinical practice.