Background:

In the research process, identifying the unit of analysis is transcendental, around the unit of analysis the conceptual and methodological proposal is built, even the description and interpretation of the results is carried out around it and even more, the discussion of the document. When research is carried out in family medicine, the unit of analysis is the family.

Objective:

Make a proposal around the Family as a unit of analysis when scientific research is carried out in Family Medicine.

Discussion:

The proposed here will have to be analyzed and criticized, in addition to this, it will require the development of the conceptual framework that supports it and the creation of a specific scientific methodology that gives it the characteristic of research in Family Medicine.

Conclusion:

The family is proposed as the unit of analysis in the scientific research of family medicine and as the main unit of care in the medical care of this specialty.