Fifth Edition
by Philip D. Sloane
Essentials of Family Medicine provides a comprehensive overview of the key elements of the discipline, with a wealth of features designed to maximize learning and enhance diagnostic and treatment skills.
Features:
- New chapters address a range of crucial topics, including men's health concerns, behavior and development, venous thromboembolism, and liver disease
- Extensively illustrated with figures and tables designed to increase retention of key concepts
- Summary sections and consistent headings make critical facts easier to find
- Continued focus on evidence-based care includes chapters on Information Mastery, extensive rating of the strength of evidence supporting recommendations, and algorithms outlining general approaches to common problems
- Family physician profiles illustrate the range of practice opportunities available within the family medicine discipline
- Case studies reinforce key concepts using real-world examples
- New companion website offers online access to the fully searchable text plus a comprehensive exam featuring 75 multiple-choice questions!
Contents
Principles of Family Medicine
- Family Medicine in Today's Changing Health Care System
- The Challenging Patient Encounter
- Information Mastery: Basing Care on the Best Available Evidence
Preventive Care
- Prenatal Care
- Well Child and Adolescent Care
- Well Adult Care
- Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Common Problems
- Approach to Common Problems in Family Medicine
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Cardiac Disease
- Hypertension
- Venous Thromboembolism
- Disorders of Behavior and Development
- Fever in Infants and Preschool Children
- Diabetes
- Hyperlipidemia
- Thyroid Disease
- Nutrition and Weight Management
- Ear Pain
- Eye Problems
- Sore Throat
- Abdominal Pain
- Chronic Liver Disease
- Dyspepsia
- Lower Intestinal Problems
- Breast Problems
- Contraception
- Dysuria
- Menstrual Syndromes
- Promoting Health for Women at Menopause
- Men's Health Concerns
- Relationship Issues
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Vaginitis
- Ankle and Knee Pain
- Arthritis and Rheumatism
- Low Back Pain
- Neck Pain
- Shoulder Pain
- Dermatology
- Skin Wounds: Contusions, Abrasions, Lacerations, and Ulcers
- Cognitive Impairment
- Dizziness
- Fatigue, Tiredness, and Sleep Problems
- Headache
- Addictions
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Allegies and Asthma
- Acute Respiratory Infections
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Index
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