The Expanded Family Life Cycle: Individual, Family, and Social Perspectives

by Monica McGoldrick, Betty Carter, Betty A. Carter

Book Overview

This text integrates theory and current research with clinical guidelines and cases, and reflects changes in society away from orientation toward the nuclear family, toward a more diverse and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205200095
• ISBN13: 9780205200092
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Length: 541 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

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Expanded Family Life Cycle:Individual, Family and Social Perspectives

This is without a doubt the best textbook I have ever read. It reads easily, is very informative, thought provoking, and rings true over and over again.

What Everyone Needs to Know about Families

I think this may be the best book I've read on the family life cycle events we are told to anticipate (marriage, motherhood, launching of children, aging) as well as the unexpected difficulties life plunks down in our path. It is so clearly written that I recommend it not only to family therapists, but also to just plain folks who want to learn more about how families work. It's rich, comprehensive, pioneering, bold,inclusive and very helpful.

Book as a text for teaching marriage & family therapists

I taught a course using this book as a text. I was very satisfied in how comprehensive the book is (covering many topics and in enough depth). I was surprised so many students also gave excellent feedback on the content. We agreed it helped us to become aware of our own prejudices, what our own thoughts of "normal" were and it also helped us to help our clients by being aware of their contexts. Complete, comprehensive and VERY readable! I highly recommend it!

Great Comprehensive Text!

This book provides readers with comprehensive, well researched and up-to-date information on the family through all of its stages. It offers thoughtful challenges throughout about how the politics of oppression affect ALL families. I disagree heartily with the above reviewer who suggests the book is anti-men, anti-marriage or racist. Rather, the author supports families of all types and encourages readers to look beyond their own cultural upbringing and consider how a family's life cycle is affected by issues of race, class, wealth, divorce and sexual orientation.