HLTHAGE 3N03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Reproductive Medicine, Nuclear Family, Nonverbal Communication
17 Oct 2018
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Identify factors that have influences the concept of the nuclear family. Identify life transitions that impact the family system. Identify and describe the ways to understand the family system. Identify and describe the 4 assessment concept in using the family system approach. Understand interventions used in the family system approach. Global migration (bringing problems from home country, impacts family functions) Empty/re-empty nest - lack of children can lead to dissolution of parents relationship. Retirement - may result in a move to the south. Onset of chronic illness - family restructures to help suffering family member. Death of a family member - forced to make decisions (possessions, funeral arrangements, etc. ) Life event web": cascade of changes in the family resulting from one major event. Assumes problems are conceptualized as residing in the relationships among elements of the social unit (the family) rather than the individual. Ex. person who"s addicted to alcohol isn"t the problem.
