THE "FAMILY" OF FAMILY MEDICINE

The family in the family medicine literature.

BACKGROUND The degree to which the family medicine literature articulates unique family practice approaches and perspectives that are distinct from other primary care specialties has not been well studied. To determine how often a family practice perspective is included in clinical articles in the family medicine literature, we performed a family medicine journal review. METHODS We reviewed 1...

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The family medicine cabinet.

Medicine selection and storage was examined in 130 families. Over 50 per cent were found to be less than adequate. Health education advice helped half the inadequate group to change to adequate. Age and social class were not related to hoarding of prescribed drugs, to initial standards of storage or selection, nor to the likelihood of a response to advice. Those who hoarded medicines but stored...

The aging of family medicine.

A recent editorial in The Globe and Mail claimed that the issue of reining in Canada’s health care costs was mostly ignored by politicians in the recent federal election campaign.1 Furthermore, The Globe argued that fixing Canada’s $192 billion health care system should begin with the elderly—the fastest growing segment of our population, with almost 5 million people aged 65 years and older now...

Principles of Family Medicine

A SPATE of textbooks on general practice have recently appeared and have outlined the content and the role of the general practitioner. The terms 'general practitioner' and 'family doctor' are used synonymously, yet this book undoubtedly suggests that the study of family structure and dynamics, and the impact of illness upon the family, adds a new dimension to general practice and justifies the...