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Family Medicine: Clinical Management, Bioethics and Research | Primary Care Treaty

Family Medicine · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Un análisis exhaustivo y sistemático de los pilares científicos, éticos y de gestión que sustentan la práctica clínica de la especialidad. Desde la epistemología de McWhinney y las propiedades esenciales de Starfield, hasta el análisis bioético de la prevención cuaternaria, la gestión de la pluripatología compleja, la investigación basada en la práctica real y el abordaje de la salud comunitaria desde los…

What it covers

  1. Family and Community Medicine
  2. Epistemology of the Specialty and Identity of Family Medicine
  3. · 1.1 · McWhinney's Principles: The Structure of Family Knowledge
  4. · 1.2 · Differentiation between Continuity and Longitudinality
  5. · 1.3 · The General Systems Theory applied to the Disease Process
  6. Demand Management and Access in Primary Care
  7. · 2.1 · Types of Demand in the Daily Consultation
  8. · 2.2 · Triage Models and Shared Demand Management
  9. The Doctor-Patient Relationship and the Person-Centered Clinical Interview
  10. · 3.1 · The Levenstein and Stewart Method: The Six Dimensions
  11. · 3.2 · The Calgary-Cambridge Guide: Structuring Communication
  12. · 3.3 · The Motivational Interview (Miller and Rollnick)
  13. Family Systemic and Life Cycle of the Marital and Kinship Unit
  14. · 4.1 · The Family Life Cycle (Duvall and Carter & McGoldrick Model)
  15. · 4.2 · Clinical Family Assessment Tools
  16. Applied Clinical Bioethics in the Field of Primary Care
  17. · 5.1 · The Hierarchy of Principles (Diego Gracia)
  18. · 5.2 · Informed Consent and Decision-Making Capacity
  19. · 5.3 · Advance Directives and Living Will (LVA)
  20. Quaternary Prevention and Patient Safety at the First Level
  21. · 6.1 · The Classification of Prevention Levels (Marc Jamoulle)
  22. · 6.2 · Overdiagnosis, Overtreatment and the Cascade Effect
  23. · 6.3 · Safe Deprescribing Strategies
  24. Management of the Complex Chronic Patient and Pluripathology
  25. · 7.1 · Complexity Stratification Models (Kaiser Permanente and CRG)
  26. · 7.2 · Pharmacological Reconciliation in Care Transitions
  27. · 7.3 · Case Management and Home Hospitalization
  28. Research Methodology in the Field of Family Medicine
  29. · 8.1 · Epistemological Peculiarities of Research in Primary Care
  30. · 8.2 · Specific Research Designs: Mixed Approach
  31. · 8.3 · Implementation Science (RE-AIM Framework)
  32. Quality, Audit and Indicators in Primary Care Clinical Management
  33. · 9.1 · The Donabedian Triad: Structure, Process and Result
  34. · 9.2 · The Continuous Improvement Cycle (Deming Cycle / PDCA)
  35. · 9.3 · Design of Key Clinical Indicators in Primary Care
  36. Community Health, Social Determinants and Family Guidance
  37. · 10.1 · The Social Gradient of Health and Inequity
  38. · 10.2 · Community Oriented Primary Care (APOC)
  39. · 10.3 · Health Assets and Social Prescription
  40. Pharmacopolitics, Prudent Prescription and Rational Use of Drugs
  41. · 11.1 · The Principles of Prudent Prescription in the Elderly
  42. · 11.2 · Pharmacopolitics and Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry
  43. · 11.3 · Pharmacotherapeutic Reconciliation and Electronic Prescription Purification
  44. Approach to Mental Health and Psychosomatic Disorders in the Consultation
  45. · 12.1 · Prevalence and Challenge of Mental Health in Primary Care
  46. · 12.2 · Management of Hyperfrequent and Somatizing Patients
  47. Clinical Reasoning, Heuristics and Uncertainty in Family Medicine
  48. · 13.1 · Bayes' Theorem and Prevalence in Primary Care
  49. · 13.2 · Common Cognitive Biases in Primary Diagnosis
  50. · 13.3 · The Management of Uncertainty and Diagnosis over Time
  51. Management of Social Vulnerability, Violence and Abuse in Primary Care
  52. · 14.1 · The Role of the Family Physician as a Sentinel of Vulnerability
  53. · 14.2 · Socio-health Coordination and Social Work
  54. Home Palliative Care and Support at the End of Life
  55. · 15.1 · Control of Refractory Physical Symptoms
  56. · 15.2 · The Palliative Sedation Process at Home
  57. Teaching, Technology and Future Challenges of Family Medicine
  58. · 16.1 · Postgraduate Medical Training (The Residency Model)
  59. · 16.2 · Telemedicine and Technological Challenges
  60. · Key Principles of Modern Family Medicine

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Subject
Family Medicine
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
60
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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