Family Health Dictionary

Family: From 1 Different Sources


A taxonomic group of similar, related, animals. The taxonomic group that is below Order, but above Genus.
Health Source: Dictionary of Tropical Medicine
Author: Health Dictionary

Family Planning

The deliberate limitation or spacing of births. Strategies for family planning include the different methods of contraception. (See also birth control.)... family planning

Family Therapy

A form of psychotherapy that aims to promote greater harmony and understanding between members of a family, most often between parents and adolescent children.... family therapy

Contact A Family

A charity which helps families with disabled children to obtain good-quality information, support and – most of all – contact with other families with children who have the same disorder. This includes children with speci?c and rare conditions and those with special educational needs. The charity has many local parent groups throughout the UK and publishes a comprehensive directory with brief descriptions of each condition followed by contact addresses, phone numbers and web addresses. It also has a central helpline and a team of parent advisers.

See www.cafamily.org.uk... contact a family

Family Practice

A form of specialty practice in which medical practitioners provide continuing comprehensive primary care within the context of the family unit.... family practice

Family Doctor

see general practitioner.... family doctor

Family Practitioner

see general practitioner.... family practitioner



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