This practical guidebook is designed to support staff and administrators of substance abuse treatment programmes in their efforts to comply with the 1995 complete revision of accreditation standards by the Joint Commission on Accreditation on Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), in the United States.

Compelling family nursing issues are explored in this volume, which addresses practice, research and theory in order to bridge the gap between families' needs and expectations and the practice of family nursing. Contemporary issues such as cross-cultural concerns, HIV//AIDS and the health of homeless mothers and children are examined; sections are also devoted to policy and economic issues, theory development, research, practice and education. A final section provides an integrative review which examines whether family intervention actually helps.

Nursing scholars, researchers, and educators review and critique the state of nursing research across areas most relevant to clinical practice. Topics explored include: theoretical issues; the variety of philosophical approaches to scientific inquiry in nursing; factors shaping nursing research; the