Why may traditional families be less likely to have their family concerns addressed while interacting with the health care system?
a. Poor communication efforts by health care professionals
b. Shorter hospital stays
c. Assumption that traditional families have no concerns
d. Failure of the client to disclose family con-cerns
C
There may exist an assumption among health care providers that can create an environment where traditional family concerns are not addressed. Less important factors are poor communication efforts by health care providers, short hospital stays, failure of the client to disclose family concerns.
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