family Apgar

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family Apgar,

a family therapy rating system in which the name Apgar contains the first letters of five words-adaptability, partnership, growth, affection, and resolve-that represent the questionnaire categories. Each family member indicates a degree of satisfaction in each of the five categories on a scale of 0 to 2. The system is used most frequently in studies of families with a geriatric member. See also Apgar score.

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No references found			Family APGAR The Family APGAR is a five-item instrument that assesses the respondent's view that the family is either a psychosocial resource or lacking in social support (Sawin & Harrigan, 1994). Family Caregiving of Adults with Mental Retardation: Key Issues for ... by Lustig, Daniel C. / The Journal of Rehabilitation			familial hyperprebetalipoproteinemia familial hypertriglyceridemia familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy familial iminoglycinuria familial intestinal polyposis familial intraosseous fibrous swelling of the jaws familial juvenile nephronophthisis familial juvenile nephrophthisis familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency familial malignancy familial Mediterranean fever familial multiple endocrine familial nonhemolytic jaundice familial osteochondrodystrophy familial paroxysmal polyserositis familial periodic fever familial periodic paralysis familial polyendocrine adenomatosis familial polyposis familial recurrent polyserositis familial screening familial spinal muscular atrophy familial tremor familial visceral amyloidosis family family Apgar family cancer syndrome family care leave family cluster family coping family counseling family disorganization family doctor family dynamics family functioning family functions Family Ganging family health family health status family history family integrity family integrity promotion family integrity promotion: childbearing family family involvement promotion Family Jewels family medicine family mobilization family myths family normalization family nurse practitioner family of origin			Family and Work Decisions Family and Working Lives Survey Family and Young People's Service Directory Family and Youth Automation Project Family and Youth Counseling Agency Family and Youth Development Family and Youth Services Family and Youth Services Bureau Family and Youth Services Society Family and Youth Services Training Academy family Andrenidae family Anguidae family Anguillidae family Anhimidae family Anhingidae family Anniellidae family Annonaceae family Anobiidae family Anomalopidae family Anomiidae family Antedonidae family Antennariidae family Anthocerotaceae family Antilocapridae family Apgar family Aphididae family Aphyllanthaceae family Apiaceae family Apidae family Aplodontiidae family Aplysiidae family Apocynaceae family Apodidae family Apogonidae Family Application Programmer Interface Family Approach to Diabetes Management family Apterygidae family Aquifoliaceae Family Arabian Foal Family Arabian Mare Family Arabian Stallion family Araceae family Araliaceae family Araucariaceae family Arcellidae family Arcidae family Arctiidae family Ardeidae Family Area Network

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