The palliative care principle which states that the patient and family are cared for as a unit is seen in the case study for the jones family. The assigned team met this particular quality before Linda’s discharge from the hospital where the primary nurse, Catherine, initiated a family meeting with Linda, Robert, and Linda’s physician. Catherine had noticed Robert’s fatigue and Catherine also noticed Linda’s reluctance to take medications (particularly for pain), and the deepening silence between the husband and wife. Both Catherine and Dr. Brooks attempted to fine weakness in the family structure and provide education and remedies where
