Fluoride: The Family Physician's Role.

Structural Modeling of Relationship Between Disease Stigma and Social Anxiety by Considering the Mediating Role of Family Function in Patients With Epilepsy

Background and Objective: Epilepsy is one of the most common and chronic neurological diseases that can cause many psychological problems for people with this disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between disease stigma and social anxiety considering the mediating role of family function in patients with epilepsy. Methods: The study design was descriptive-corre...

The Family Physician's Role in Identifying and Treating Tobacco Addiction among Adolescents

A Web-Based Survey of Residents' Views on Advocating with Patients for a Healthy Built Environment in Canada

Purpose. To determine family medicine residents' perceived knowledge and attitudes towards the built environment and their responsibility for health advocacy and to identify their perceived educational needs and barriers to patient education and advocacy. Methods. A web-based survey was conducted in Canada with University of Toronto family medicine residents. Data were analyzed descriptively. R...

Patients' Perceived Quality of Family Physicians' Primary Care with or without 'Family Medicine' in the Clinic Name

BACKGROUND Patients' perspectives of family medicine according to the physician's identity and role as a primary-care specialist need to be investigated. This study was conducted to investigate the perceived quality of the primary care of family medicine clinics as assessed by patients in a community setting. METHODS Patients (or their guardians) visiting nine community family medicine clinic...

Canadian Family Physician's new ethics guidelines.