Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Dr. Samaniego
Concept
Bio-pyschosocial appraoch
Basic Premises
Therefore,
Family medicine is concerned is
Patient centered
Family focus
Community oriented
1 The primary focus of medial is the patient in
the context of the family
a Families are a primary source of many health
beliefs and behaviors
Characteristics of Family
Reproduction
Child rearing/caring
Nutrition
Health maintenance
recreation
Economic
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Educational
Psychologic/Affection
Extended
Socio-Cultural
Types of Families
Nuclear
Nuclear Diad
4 Family as a Unite of Care
Corporate/Communal family
Corporate family
o 'Moonies'
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2
Institutional Family
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5
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4
Closely knit
Bilaterally extended
Strong family orientation
Authority is based on seniority/age
Externally patriarchal, internally matriarchal
High value on education of children
Predominantly Catholic (80% of the population)
Child centered
Average number is 5 (NEDA Statistics)
Environmental stresses: economic, political,
industrial/urbanization, health problems
Upper Class
Middle Class