Family Synthesis Research

Examining Family Stress: Theory and Research

Celebrating family medicine research.

In this issue of Canadian Family Physician (CFP) we celebrate the growth and diversity of family medicine research in Canada. In the past 2 decades, Canada’s family medicine research enterprise has grown remarkably. Many academic family medicine departments across the country have developed strong core groups of funded family-physician and allied-health researchers with stable infrastructure an...

The Sociological Research on Family Problems in Bojnourd

      One of the major issues in recent years those the most scholars and even the public's minds are preoccupied with is the issue of family problems and divorce. Now this phenomenon in the form of a social problem has created great difficulties for individuals and families facing in divorce. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sociological family problems in Bojnourd.  The theoretic...

Developing A Model of Iranian Family Resilience: A Qualitative Research

Background: Family faces different hardships and challenges that are such stressful that can destroy it. No doubt that we need to protect and last family. So, this research aims at developing a local model for family resilience. Methods: To do so, at primer level 13 couples who qualified the criteria, were selected through purpose-focused, available, and voluntary sampling method. In order to i...

Medical students’ perceptions and attitudes about family practice: a qualitative research synthesis

BACKGROUND During the last decade medical students from most Western countries have shown little interest in family practice. Understanding the factors that influence medical students to choose family medicine is crucial. OBJECTIVE To systematically review and synthesize published evidence about medical students' attitudes and perceptions towards family practice. METHODS A qualitative syste...