100 Cases in General Practice
Published on 29. May 2009
288 pages
978-1-4441-1306-8 (ISBN)
Description
The aim of the 100 Cases series is to provide a novel learning and revision tool that works by guiding the student through clinical cases, imitating those that students and Foundation Year Doctors are likely to meet in a general practice setting. The cases are written to interest students in clinical problems and to help them develop their skills o
Reviews / Votes
"The case-based structure grabs the reader's attention and questions prompt the reader to think about and engage in each scenario... It encompasses a very wide range of different conditions and... also gives good insight into the wider role of the general practitioner beyond just medical management."-Oxford Medical School Gazette
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
1,42 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4441-1306-8 (9781444113068)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Anne Stephenson | Martin Mueller | John Grabinar
100 Cases in General Practice
Book
05/2009
1st Edition
Hodder Arnold
€50.94
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Persons
Martin Mueller MD MHPE MRCGP DCH DRCOG DIMC DFFP FHEA, Senior General Practice Tutor, King's College London School of Medicine at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, London; Visiting Senior Lecturer, Centre for Medical Education, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
John Grabinar BMBCh MRCGP MA(Oxon) DObstRCOG DCH, Lewisham Primary Care Trust, Lewisham, UK
Volume Editor: Anne Stephenson MBChB PhD(Medicine) FHEA, Senior Lecturer in General Practice and Director of Community Education, King's College London School of Medicine at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK
Series Editor: P John Rees MD FRCP is Consultant Physician and Dean of Medical Education, King's College London School of Medicine at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK
John Grabinar BMBCh MRCGP MA(Oxon) DObstRCOG DCH, Lewisham Primary Care Trust, Lewisham, UK
Volume Editor: Anne Stephenson MBChB PhD(Medicine) FHEA, Senior Lecturer in General Practice and Director of Community Education, King's College London School of Medicine at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK
Series Editor: P John Rees MD FRCP is Consultant Physician and Dean of Medical Education, King's College London School of Medicine at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK
Content
Person-centred medicine. Bio-psycho-social approach. Non serious physical injury with serious social consequences. The importance of family history. Ethico-legal issues. Difficult communication. Telephone consultation. Patient pathway to the GP. Sorting symptoms. When to investigate. Uncertainty. Risk management. Team approach. The GP role. Continuity of care. When to refer. Use of resources. Individual and community needs. Diversity and Access issues. Subtle symptoms with rare, potentially life-threatening consequences. Advocacy. There's a lot of it about. Seasonal conditions. Normality. A long list. Hypochondriacs eventually get ill. We don't always get it right. New information or knowledge. Partial, early presentation. It's a bit like my granny. Medicalising symptoms. Psychosomatic presentations. Seeing the patient in the street. Getting medical care for our own family. Our own experience. An uncomfortable relationship with a patient. Adherence. Differential diagnosis. Infectious diseases. Family problems. Importance of treating conditions with no serious sequelae. Treatment of chronic conditions for which there are no symptoms. Epidemiological contributions. Common, self-limiting conditions. Where there is no cure: holding a patient. Not winning. Latrogenic disease.
