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Subject: Family-Health Practitioner Relationship
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	Does anyone know of a model of the family- health practitioner relationship?
I know only of models to explain the patient-practioner relationship.  The
nurses I studied for my doctoral research perform more emotional labor with
families than they do with patients.  This represents a significant amount of
work for them but I do not believe I can simply "transplant'" theories of the
patient-practitioner relationship on to this phenomena since the nurses
consider the families to be extra, almost secondary work for them.  Any
thoughts?
	Thanks in advance.

	Cindy Merkel