Which of the following definitions of family would be the most useful

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

ESSAYBID ANSWER

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.”