Pocket Essentials of General Practice
Published on 29. June 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-7020-2648-5 (ISBN)
Description
The purpose of this book is to provide students with a succinct text covering all the key issues in primary care from the point of view of the medical student and trainee junior doctor. It will be useful as a reference following lectures or tutorials and also to refer to while on attachments in GP surgeries. It is part of the popular "Pocket Essentials" series, edited by Kumar Clark.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
. Medical students
. Foundation programme trainee doctors
Illustrations
20 illus
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 102 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7020-2648-5 (9780702026485)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. The nature and scope of general practice. 2. Approach to diagnosis and treatment. 3. Acute emergencies. 4. Acute and self-limiting illness. 5. Chronic illness 6. Health promotion and disease prevention 7. Prescribing 8. Referral to specialists 9. Doctor-patient communication. 10. The primary care team. 11. The GP in the healthcare system. 12. Ethical aspects of general practice.