ABSTRACT
Budin established the importance of parents in relation to the sick or premature newborn infant in 1907. Almost a century later, supporting parents in their essential role remains a complex issue for nurses and is becoming increasingly so as parents and their expectations are rapidly changing. This issue, for the purposes of this chapter, is referred to as ‘family support’ whereas others have called it ‘family-centred care’. The difference is one of terminology alone.
