Book ReviewIn Support of Families
- 19 March 1987
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 316 (12) , 759
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198703193161228
Abstract
Despite ominous predictions about the future of the American family, the authors of this book argue that the family can survive if given proper societal support. Through poignant case histories, reviews of research, and policy analyses, the book demonstrates how support from all systems — educational, health care, and governmental — is vital to families if they are to function during these times of stress.The editors and authors are concerned about how patients and children cope in an era marked by record numbers of women in the out-of-home work force, latchkey children, teenage pregnancy, divorce, and a crisis in . . .Keywords
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