The mission of the Journal of Family Nursing (JFN) is to extend knowledge about family response to health and illness and improve healthcare offered to families. JFN is a peer-reviewed journal publishing scholarly work on nursing research, practice, education, and policy issues related to families in health and illness. Appropriate articles of empirical and theoretical analysis on the subject of family health will also be considered for publication. Both family-as-context and family-as-unit are represented. The journal recognizes a strong mandate to represent cultural diversity and families across the life cycle and encourages interdisciplinary and collaborative perspectives as well as international contributions. Papers will be selected for their scientific merit and creative treatment of significant issues in the field. One of the objectives of the journal is to establish a forum in which practitioners, educators, and researchers in various clinical specialties and settings can extend the lively debate and begin a more critical dialogue about the family in health and illness.

Editor
Janice M. Bell, RN, PhD	University of Calgary, Canada
Editorial Board
Margareth Angelo, RN, PhD	University of São Paulo, Brazil
Kristofer Årestedt, RN, PhD	Linkoping University, Sweden
Päivi Åstedt-Kurki, PhD, RN	University of Tampere, Finland
Lioness Ayres, PhD, RN	University of Iowa, USA
Jennifer Baumbusch, PhD, RN	University of British Columbia, Canada
Perri J. Bomar, PhD, RN,	University of North Carolina, Wilmington, USA
Catherine A. Chesla, RN, DNSc, FAAN	University of California, San Francisco, USA
Janet Deatrick, PhD, RN, FAAN	University of Pennsylvania, USA
Wannee Deoisres, RN, PhD	Burapha University, Thailand
Fabie Duhamel, RN, PhD	University of Montreal, Canada
Suzanne Feetham, PhD, RN, FAAN	University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA
Lawrence H Ganong, PhD	University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, LP, LMFT, FAAN	University of Minnesota, USA
Catherine L. Gilliss, PhD, RN, FAAN	Duke University, USA
Laura Gultekin, PhD, FNP-BC, RN	University of Michigan,USA
Shirley M. H. Hanson, RN, PhD, FAAN	Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Kathleen Knafl, PhD, FAAN	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Maureen Leahey, RN, PhD	Canada
Wendy Looman, PhD, RN, CNP	University of Minnesota, USA
Carol J. Loveland-Cherry, PhD, RN, FAAN	University of Michigan, USA
Helene Moriarty, PhD, RN, FAAN	Villanova University College of Nursing, USA
Nancy Moules, RN, PhD	University of Calgary, Canada
Roberta Rehm, RN, PhD, FAAN	University of California at San Francisco, USA
Sue Robins, BA	Bird Communications, Canada
Susan Sullivan-Bolyai, DNSc, CNS, RN, FAAN	NYU College of Nursing, USA
Erla Kolbrun Svavarsdottir, RN, PhD, FAAN	University of Iceland, Iceland
Veronica Swallow, RGN, RSCN, MMedSCi, PhD	University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Marcia Van Riper, RN, PhD, FAAN	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Lorraine M. Wright, RN, PhD	University of Calgary, Canada