(Boykin, & Schoenhofer, 1991; Moules, & Streitberger, 1997; Crogan, Evans, & Bendel, 2008)
Family storytelling shares family histories among a family unit and family generations. Family stories often share family experiences of people, places, and events as related to the members of family or their ancestors and their experiences (Moules, & Streiberger, 1997). Stories reflect and shape the beliefs, experiences, interpretations and meanings of families (Moules & Streiberger, 1997).
· Allow the family to share past life experiences that affect the health experience
· Encourage the family to express suffering throughout the illness experience
· Promote healing processes through family storytelling
· Encourage a family to share their illness experience and narrative (Wright, Watson, Bell, 1996).
· Show attentive listening to family stories (Wright, Watson, Bell, 1996).
· Acknowledge and respect family stories Wright, Watson, Bell, 1996).