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Family Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities: Marriage: It Matters in Sickness and in Health

Family Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities: Marriage: It Matters in Sickness and in Health 10.1177/1074840705280822 JFN Wright / Marriage Matters , November 2005, Vol. 11, No. 4 Family Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities: Marriage: It Matters in Sickness and in Health Lorraine M. Wright, R.N., Ph.D. University of Calgary Keywords: marriage; health; illness; witness; interventions Good morning my dear colleagues and friends! Isn’t it wonderful to be together again after 5 years! And for those of you who are attend- ing for the first time, I hope you make some wonderful memories in this beautiful city of Victoria and have great learning and connecting experiences at this the 7th IFNC. What do I believe is the next great challenge and opportunity in family nursing? I believe it is marriage. Specifically, marriage in health and illness! Thus far, we have done a marvelous job of study- ing, researching, and conducting clinical practice with families and various subsystems within families when serious illness arises. How- ever, little focus has been paid to the most important subsystem, the marital subsystem, when serious illness and suffering occur. Chil- dren, caregivers, the elderly, and various illness populations have received tremendous and worthwhile attention. However, we need much more focus on what happens to marriages in families when emotional or http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Family Nursing SAGE

Family Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities: Marriage: It Matters in Sickness and in Health

Wright, Lorraine M.
Journal of Family Nursing , Volume 11 (4): 6 – Nov 1, 2005
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10.1177/1074840705280822 JFN Wright / Marriage Matters , November 2005, Vol. 11, No. 4 Family Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities: Marriage: It Matters in Sickness and in Health Lorraine M. Wright, R.N., Ph.D. University of Calgary Keywords: marriage; health; illness; witness; interventions Good morning my dear colleagues and friends! Isn’t it wonderful to be together again after 5 years! And for those of you who are attend- ing for the first time, I hope you make some wonderful memories in this beautiful city of Victoria and have great learning and connecting experiences at this the 7th IFNC. What do I believe is the next great challenge and opportunity in family nursing? I believe it is marriage. Specifically, marriage in health and illness! Thus far, we have done a marvelous job of study- ing, researching, and conducting clinical practice with families and various subsystems within families when serious illness arises. How- ever, little focus has been paid to the most important subsystem, the marital subsystem, when serious illness and suffering occur. Chil- dren, caregivers, the elderly, and various illness populations have received tremendous and worthwhile attention. However, we need much more focus on what happens to marriages in families when emotional or

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