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A fundamental claim of family medicine is that the family physician treats the "whole" family--an ideological principle that guides undergraduate and residency education. Using archival data obtained from a random sample of 500 patients in one group of family physicians, this study analyzed the extent to which this principle is carried out in practice. Physicians trained in family practice residency programs were compared with their colleagues. Family types and marital stability were also examined. Results indicate that in only 28 percent of families (excluding single person households) were all family members seen by the same family physician. This occurred despite the high preponderance and stability of traditional nuclear families in the practice. There was no significant difference in this rate between graduates and nongraduates of approved family practice residency programs.
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