The goal of care in support of family coping is to:
1. Decrease the stress linked with illness experiences.
2. Provide the family with forms of support that will enhance individual healing and promote the construction of family health.
3. Make certain that the family's perception of the illness event is as accurate as possible.
4. All of the above.
ANS: 4
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1 Decreasing the stressor alone will not support family coping fully.
2 Providing family support alone will not support family coping fully.
3 Correcting the family's perception of the event along will not support family coping fully.
4 Answers number 1, 2, and 3 are all important goals for care supporting family coping.
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