
Murtagh's General Practice 9e
McGraw-Hill Education / Australia (Publisher)
9th Edition
Published on 2. July 2025
Book
Hardback
1600 pages
978-1-76100-005-8 (ISBN)
Description
For over 30 years, John Murtagh's General Practice has been the gold standard reference for general practice and primary health care. Its emphasis on the importance of clinical reasoning, early diagnosis and treatment makes this the essential reference for all medical students, trainees and general practitioners.
Written by renowned general practitioners and educators, and with all content reviewed for currency by leading experts, the nineth edition continues to provide fundamental knowledge and skills required for the challenging field of general practice.
Key features:
Diagnostic strategy models for common presenting problems, including diagnostic triads
Clinical frameworks, including management and treatment
Updated and new content on all common presenting symptoms, with supporting evidence-based research
Expansion of viral conditions, including COVID-19 and management of long COVID, respiratory syncytial virus, influenza syndromes and Monkey pox virus
Extensive coverage of mental health, disease management, emergency care, women's health, and paediatric and geriatric care
Written by renowned general practitioners and educators, and with all content reviewed for currency by leading experts, the nineth edition continues to provide fundamental knowledge and skills required for the challenging field of general practice.
Key features:
Diagnostic strategy models for common presenting problems, including diagnostic triads
Clinical frameworks, including management and treatment
Updated and new content on all common presenting symptoms, with supporting evidence-based research
Expansion of viral conditions, including COVID-19 and management of long COVID, respiratory syncytial virus, influenza syndromes and Monkey pox virus
Extensive coverage of mental health, disease management, emergency care, women's health, and paediatric and geriatric care
More details
Edition
9th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 204 mm
Thickness: 67 mm
Weight
3048 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-76100-005-8 (9781761000058)
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Persons
John Murtagh, AM, is Executive Director, Education at the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and Adjunct Professor of General Practice at the Department of Community Medicine and General Practice , Monash University, Victoria, Australia. He is one of Australia's leading GPs and community educators. A Professor in General Practice in the School of Primary Health Care at Monash University in Melbourne, Professorial Fellow in the Department of General Practice at the University of Melbourne and Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle.
Content
Part 1. The basis of general practice
Part 2. Diagnostic perspective in general practice
Part 3. Presenting symptoms and problem solving in general practice
Part 4. Mental health
Part 5. Chronic disease management
Part 6. Child and adolescent health
Part 7. Women's health
Part 8. Men's health
Part 9. Sexual health
Part 10. Problems of the skin
Part 11. Accident and emergency medicine
Part 12. Health of specific groups
Part 2. Diagnostic perspective in general practice
Part 3. Presenting symptoms and problem solving in general practice
Part 4. Mental health
Part 5. Chronic disease management
Part 6. Child and adolescent health
Part 7. Women's health
Part 8. Men's health
Part 9. Sexual health
Part 10. Problems of the skin
Part 11. Accident and emergency medicine
Part 12. Health of specific groups