Providing specifics on preventative care in the primary care setting, this text is organized by the same risk factors present in the clinical setting. There are examinations for the risk factors of: exercise, tobacco, nutrition, weight control, sexually transmitted disease, substance abuse, and injury prevention. A complete list of patient education materials on prevention topics is given, and the text aims to assist busy practitioners in designing personal health maintenance plans and schedules for patients. View More...
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.The authors of the world's best-selling health policy text offer valuable insights and guidance to primary care practitionersA Doody's Core Title Improving Primary Care offers frank appraisals and concrete recommendations for primary care practitioners on how to meet the huge, stress-inducing, challenges that they face on a daily basis. The authors offer innovative approaches and suggestions to dealing with p... View More...
This book provides concise, easily accessible, up-to-date information on pain management from one of the leading authorities in the field. The latest drug therapy is a key feature. Well written, with tables, charts, and graphs for easy access, this volume is sure to earn a spot in your coat pocket.Provides the latest information on the management and drug therapy of infectious diseases Key Points sections focus on the most important aspects of care Attractive two-color format highlights the text Introductory section on What's Hot focuses on cutting edge developments Special focus on latest dru... View More...
Designed to meet the needs of the primary care physician, PRIMARY CARE RHEUMATOLOGY focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of the patient with a musculoskeletal disorder. It's written and designed to allow the busy clinician to find diagnostic answers quickly and easily, and includes more than 550 detailed, full-color illustrations. Sections on pediatrics and geriatrics highlight special life span considerations. This useful reference also details follow-up care by including patient teaching guides for the most common disorders. * Emphasizes diagnosis, treatment and approach to the patient, an... View More...
This edition provides an updated review of common issues facing the primary care physician. A tool for the family practice physician preparing for certification or re-certification, as well as those preparing to take the SPEX. Each of the nine chapters in the book represents a sub-discipline tested on by the American Board of Family Physicians. Each chapter is divided into a series of problems presented as one or more clinical cases covering an aspect of differential diagnosis. Questions concerning the proper diagnosis and/or management follow each case. There is a sliding scale of Category I ... View More...
Spoken language is the most important diagnostic and therapeutic tool in medicine, and, according to Dr. Cassell, we must be as precise with it as a surgeon with a scalpel. In these two volumes, he analyzes doctor-patient communication and shows how doctors can use language for the maximum benefit of their patients. Throughout, Dr. Cassell stresses that patients are complex, changing, psychological, social and physical beings whose illnesses are well represented by their own communication. He proposes that both listening and speaking are arts that can be learned best when they are based on the... View More...
