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Therapeutic Letters and the Family Nursing Unit

A Legacy of Advanced Nursing Practice

Janice M. Bell

University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, jmbell{at}ucalgary.ca

Nancy J. Moules

University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Lorraine M. Wright

University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This article focuses on the history of the use of therapeutic letters in the clinical scholarship of the Family Nursing Unit at the University of Calgary and offers examples of a variety of therapeutic letters written to families experiencing illness suffering. A case study from the research of Moules (2000, 2002) is offered to further illustrate the usefulness of therapeutic letters as a family nursing intervention.

Key Words: therapeutic letters • Family Nursing Unit • Family Systems Nursing • family nursing intervention • illness suffering

This version was published on February 1, 2009

Journal of Family Nursing, Vol. 15, No. 1, 6-30 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1074840709331865
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