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Remembering September 11, 2001: Families and Family Nursing

Remembering September 11, 2001: Families and Family Nursing Laliberte et al. / Guest Editorial JFN, February 2002, Vol. 8 No. 1 Remembering September 11, 2001: Families and Family Nursing In response to the recent world events in which thousands of people died at the hands of suicide terrorists in the United States and the grief that has been expressed by nations across the globe, my thinking about the notion of family has been confirmed in some ways and expanded in others. What stands out most as I reflect on this event and all of the media coverage is an even stronger conviction that family is a core institution within society. In response to the grief that was expressed by families, communities, and nations throughout the world, I also found myself thinking about the multisystemic nature of family and how arbitrary the lines and boundaries between these var- ious levels of systems can be at times. I further came to see a larger family that encompasses all nations throughout this world and found myself inspired by the many acts of compassion offered by strangers to people who had indirectly or directly experienced the impact of the events in New York. As eachcountry evaluates the implications of this event http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Family Nursing SAGE

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Laliberte et al. / Guest Editorial JFN, February 2002, Vol. 8 No. 1 Remembering September 11, 2001: Families and Family Nursing In response to the recent world events in which thousands of people died at the hands of suicide terrorists in the United States and the grief that has been expressed by nations across the globe, my thinking about the notion of family has been confirmed in some ways and expanded in others. What stands out most as I reflect on this event and all of the media coverage is an even stronger conviction that family is a core institution within society. In response to the grief that was expressed by families, communities, and nations throughout the world, I also found myself thinking about the multisystemic nature of family and how arbitrary the lines and boundaries between these var- ious levels of systems can be at times. I further came to see a larger family that encompasses all nations throughout this world and found myself inspired by the many acts of compassion offered by strangers to people who had indirectly or directly experienced the impact of the events in New York. As eachcountry evaluates the implications of this event

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Journal of Family Nursing – SAGE

Published: Feb 1, 2002

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