Fundamentals of Family Medicine

Following the highly successful first edition, this second edition presents medical students and practitioners with common clinical problems of family practice, placing special emphasis on those problems most common in the office setting. The topics covered in the first edition have been thoroughly reviewed and updated, and include the latest information on drugs as well as new case studies, while this edition also includes new discussion questions, information on problems of the infant and child and tables describing the Folstein Minimental Status Exam and assessment of the elderly. One unique, continuing feature is The Index Family paradigm - a three-generation extended family with selected illnesses. Useful material on clinical prevention, consultations and referrals have also be updated and featured. Clinical, portable and easy-to-use, this is a "must-have" for all medical students in family medicine.