A case illustration of family management style in childhood end stage renal disease.

Families of children with end stage renal disease (ESRD) experience their situation based on how they define the illness, manage it, and view the consequences of the illness on the family and individual family members. The purpose of this study was to describe how a family with a child with ESRD defined and managed their situation. Interviews with individual family members from two separate interview sessions were analyzed. The family's management style changed from struggling to adaptive over a 1-year period following the child's kidney transplant.