THE LEVELS OF CLIENTELE

FAMILY

• Any group of people who live together

• Exists in all sizes and configuration and are essential to the health and survival of the individual
family members as well as the society as a whole.
• Buffer between the needs of the individual member and the demands and expectations pf the
society.
• Duvall (1977) defined a family as two or more people who are related through blood, marriage,
adoption or birth.
• Friedman ( 1992) expanded the definition by including two or more people who are
emotionally involved with each other and live together.
TWO BASIC FAMILY STRUCTURES

1. Family of orientation - family one is born into.

2. Family of procreation – family one
establishes.
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