Family planning Health Dictionary

A form of psychotherapy that aims to promote greater harmony and understanding between members of a family, most often between parents and adolescent children.... family therapy

Planning in advance for decisions that may have to be made prior to incapability or at the end of life. People may choose to do this planning formally, by means of advance directives, or informally, through discussions with family members, friends and health care and social service providers, or a combination of both methods.... advance care planning

A charity which helps families with disabled children to obtain good-quality information, support and – most of all – contact with other families with children who have the same disorder. This includes children with speci?c and rare conditions and those with special educational needs. The charity has many local parent groups throughout the UK and publishes a comprehensive directory with brief descriptions of each condition followed by contact addresses, phone numbers and web addresses. It also has a central helpline and a team of parent advisers.

See www.cafamily.org.uk... contact a family

A process by which an admitted inpatient’s needs on discharge are anticipated, planned for or arranged.... discharge planning

A taxonomic group of similar, related, animals. The taxonomic group that is below Order, but above Genus.... family

A form of specialty practice in which medical practitioners provide continuing comprehensive primary care within the context of the family unit.... family practice

Planning for the improvement of the health of a population or community, for a particular population, type of health service, institution or health programme.... health planning

Planning processes which involve the allocation of resources on the basis of community need.... needs-based planning

See “care plan”.... patient care planning

Service provision targets established by an authority on a population basis.... planning ratio

see general practitioner.... family doctor

see general practitioner.... family practitioner

balancing the health and health-care needs of a community, assessed by such indices as mortality, morbidity, and disability, with the resources available to meet these needs in terms of human resources (including ensuring the numbers in training grades meet future requirements) and technical resources, such as hospitals (capital planning), equipment, and medicines. See also clinical audit.... health service planning