1. The Family Department of Primary Care Medicine University of Malaya

3. What problems do you foresee?

7. FAMILY STRUCTURE Consists of both parent’s and their children. Nuclear Family Children may be cared for by one parent for a number of reasons.- separation of parents, divorce, death of one parent , unmarried mothers, work commitments which means one parent may need to live away from home. Lone/single Parent Families Children are related through birth or adoption to one parent only. Stepparent Families In some cultures families may include grandparents and other close relatives. Extended Families

8. The Stages in the Family Life cycle

9. FAMILY CYCLE

14. Symbols Male Female Sex Unknown Index Person Deceased Married Living Together Conflict Connector Divorced Separated Institutionalized Foster Child Adopted Twins

16. Hanif, 57 Aminah Abdul Arina Bob Che Tom Dollah Amran Faiz Fara d. 1996