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Intergenerational Family Problems

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The intergenerational family is basic to our existence. There is no such thing as a one-generation family, although there are one-generation family segments. Most families consist, at the minimum, of three generations—child, parent, and grandparent. Separation by death or geography may lessen, but does not remove, the impact of any member on the function of the existing family or family segment.

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Farley, L.F., Farley, E.S. (1983). Intergenerational Family Problems. In: Taylor, R.B. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4002-8_116

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