Which of the following definitions of family would be the most useful for the nurse practicing in the community?
a. A group of persons with shared convictions
b. A social unit interacting with the larger society
c. People descended from a common ancestor
d. Persons related either by blood or by legal contract (marriage)
e. Whoever the family says is in their family
ANS: E
Although some believe even these definitions are too narrow, the widest definitions are "the members of the family are self-defined" and "the family is who they say they are."
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