Oxford Handbook of General Practice: With Emergencies in Primary Care (Oxford Handbooks)

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Название:Oxford Handbook of General Practice: With Emergencies in Primary Care (Oxford Handbooks)

Автор: Chantal Simon, Hazel Everitt, Tony Kendrick

Издательство: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 0199553351

Дата издания:2009-09

Страниц: 390

Язык:Английский

Формат:chm

Размер:11.89 MB

For the first time the Oxford Handbook of General Practice and Emergencies in Primary Care have been bundled together representing excellent value for the medical student or junior doctor purchaser. The combination of practical advice and essential background information with an easily accessible guide in emergencies presents a unique package essential to every doctor and medical student. A lifeline for the busy GP, the Oxford Handbook of General Practice covers the whole of general practice. It includes hands-on advice and allows rapid access to information to help with any day-to-day problems which might arise in general practice. The general practice section has been revised to include the new General Medical Services contract and appraisal and revalidation. There are new chapters on complementary medicine, chronic disease management and elderly care and increased emphasis on evidence based medicine, sports medicine and practice in a multicultural society. Pointers to further information for GPs and advice and support for patients, which can be easily accessed from the GP surgery, are included throughout.The layout of the handbook has been redesigned with the use of colour-coding to aid quick reference and additional flow charts, tables and diagrams have been included to make information easier to access. Designed for the busy GP, Emergencies in Primary Care covers the range of emergencies GPs might expect to encounter in the primary care setting, from the immediately life-threatening to the smaller but urgent problems that can and do arise. Written in a concise and didactic style, it incorporates useful algorithms to make complex management straightforward. Government guidelines are incorporated along with links to further information sources. Each clinical topic is succintly addressed with all the information needed to make an accurate diagnosis, other diagnoses to consider and a clear management strategy.