Textbook of family medicine /
"Edited by Robert E. Rakel, MD and David P. Rakel, MD, Textbook of Family Medicine remains your first choice for complete guidance on the principles of family medicine, primary care in the community, and all aspects of clinical practice. Ideal for both residents and practicing physicians, it in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Elsevier/Saunders,
©2011.
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| Edition: | 8th ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Principles of family medicine
- The family physician
- The patient-centered medical home
- Psychosocial influences on health
- Care of the elderly patient
- Care of the dying patient
- Preventive health care
- Lifestyle interventions and behavior change
- Interpreting the medical literature: applying evidence-based medicine in practice
- Using health information technology for optimal patient care and service
- Clinical problem solving
- Complementary and alternative medicine: integration into primary care
- Establishing rapport
- Patient education
- Interviewing techniques
- Interpreting laboratory tests
- Practice of family medicine
- Infectious diseases
- Care of the adult HIV-infected patient
- Pulmonary medicine
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Allergy
- Obstetrics
- Care of the newborn
- Growth and development
- Behavioral problems in children and adolescents
- Gynecology
- Contraception
- Cardiovascular disease
- Common office procedures
- Sports medicine
- Common issues in orthopedics
- Back: cervical and thoracolumbar spine
- Rheumatology and musculoskeletal problems
- Dermatology
- Diabetes mellitus
- Endocrinology
- Obesity
- Nutrition and family medicine
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology
- Urinary tract disorders
- Ophthalmology
- Neurology
- Medical human sexuality
- Clinical genetics (genomics)
- Crisis intervention, trauma, and intimate partner violence
- Difficult patients: personality disorders and somatoform complaints
- Anxiety and depression
- Delirium and dementia
- Alcohol use disorders
- Nicotine addiction
- Drug abuse
- Herbs and other dietary supplements.