Signs of Dying with Suggested Cares. Appreciating the preciousness of human life, based on the understanding of one's body constantly changing, ageing, moving toward death since birth and the uncertainty of life helps us appreciate life and prepare for death. It is natural for one's body to decay especially when accelerated by disease processes.
In this description Murdock is describing a family structure called the nuclear family. The nuclear family is the most common definition of a family, which consists of two parents and their children. It was once considered ideal by society but is now facing a decline due to the rapid change of trends in society today. These trends in issues such as divorce and religion are some of many linked to the decline of the nuclear family in society.
Kayla's family used to be nuclear, but when she was four, her father was in a car crash and died. Now it's just Kayla and her mother. They're doing okay, but they are no longer a nuclear family. A family consisting of a mother and her children is called a matrifocal family. You can remember the word 'matrifocal' by thinking about 'matri-,' which means 'mother.' The matrifocal family centers around, or is focused on, the mother. Matrifocal families are more common than patrifocal families, or families consisting of a father and his children.