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Outcomes of Guidelines from Health Technology Assessment Organizations: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Phase-1: We conducted a hybrid deductive-inductive thematic analysis, identified the types of outcomes, and displayed the relationships between these types on a concept map. Population Studied: Family physicians, general practitioners, and patients. positive, neutral, and negative impact) are presented for 17 types of outcomes.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

I initially got into it because I was really looking at the psychophysiology of stress, and so how stress affects our health and how relationships were always a component of that. But then recognizing that our relationships impact our health even outside the context of stress. You just knew it? Thomas: Yeah, yeah.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. Each issue I addressed above would require a systematic review to present the available evidence entirely, which is not feasible for a blog post. Here are the key results.