[en] Objective: To study the figure of the family physicians in the cinematographic medium. Design: Qualitative study through analysis of documentary content. Location: Primary Care Participants and/or contexts: Selection from cinematographic databases of films in which doctors intervened excluding those in which they performed their functions in the hospital or in areas other than Primary Care or in which their role in the story plot was little relevant Method: Sample selection by purpose by the research team. Individual screening of the selected films and weekly group discussion was done. Each session was recorded in audio extracting sequences and paragraphs of interest that were later codified and classified to obtain relevant categories of meaning. Following the "constant comparative method" each category was evaluated at each step, emerging new hypotheses and topics of research and debate. Results: We selected 21 of the 162 medical films analyzed. We coded the documentary material and obtained 13 categories of meaning, among them: Physician's cinematic image. The family physicians vs other specialists. Professional qualification. Personal versus professional life. Doctor's position before death. Doctor?pacient relationship. Degree of commitment. Professional's position in the health system and its assessment by the community. Conclusions: The family physicians is represented as a polyvalent part of the community, committed to patients, with an unequal level of education and a very personal view of illness and death.

[es] Objetivo: estudiar la figura del m?dico de familia en el medio cinematogr?fico. Dise?o: estudio cualitativo mediante an?lisis de contenido documental. Emplazamiento: Atenci?n Primaria. Participantes y/o contextos: selecci?n a partir de bases de datos cinematogr?ficas de pel?culas en las que interven?an m?dicos excluyendo aquellas en las que ejerc?an sus funciones en el hospital o en ?mbitos distintos de la Atenci?n Primaria o en las que su papel en la trama argumental era poco relevante. M?todo: selecci?n muestral por prop?sito por parte del equipo investigador. Se procedi? al visionado individual de las pel?culas seleccionadas y a la discusi?n semanal en grupo. Cada sesi?n se grab? en audio extrayendo secuencias y p?rrafos de inter?s que posteriormente fueron codificados y clasificados para obtener categor?as de significado relevantes. Siguiendo el ?m?todo comparativo constante? cada categor?a fue evaluada a cada paso surgiendo nuevas hip?tesis y temas de investigaci?n y debate. Resultados: de las 162 pel?culas de m?dicos analizadas se seleccionaron 21. Codificamos el material documental y obtuvimos 13 categor?as de significado, entre ellas: Imagen cinematogr?fica del m?dico. El m?dico de familia vs otros especialistas. Cualificaci?n profesional. Vida personal frente a profesional. Posici?n del m?dico ante la muerte. Relaci?n m?dico-paciente. Grado de compromiso. Posici?n del profesional en el sistema sanitario y su valoraci?n por parte de la comunidad. Conclusiones: el m?dico de Familia es representado como parte polivalente de la comunidad, comprometido con los pacientes, con un desigual nivel de formaci?n y con una visi?n muy personal frente a la enfermedad y la muerte.