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The author focuses on the trend in the family therapy field toward an expanded view of families in the context of their social environments. Within this broader eco-system perspective attention is given to individual-family-social network interrelations with implications for the family therapist.
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Bishop, S.M. Perspectives on individual-family-social network interrelations. International Journal of Family Therapy 6, 124–135 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00924448
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