Family Medicine: Principles and Practice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387954007 ISBN 13: 9780387954004

Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2002

Synopsis

"Family Medicine: Principles and Practice" is a comprehensive reference text providing clear guidelines for diagnosing and managing acute and chronic illnesses regularly seen in family practice. The sixth edition will follow the format successfully established with the fourth edition. In addition, it will include new chapters on: Herbal Medicine, Hospitalist Medicine, Telemedicine, Evidence-Based Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, and, Effective Office Management. Also, a whole new section on The Future of Family Medicine will be added. All chapters will be completely updated and with new clinical guidelines and references. Websites will be included in the references as well.

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Review

From the reviews of the sixth edition:

"[T]he sixth edition of this comprehensive book... covers the breadth and diversity of family practice [and] continues its strong tradition of a clinically oriented approach directed towards front line family practitioners. This work achieves the goal of being a complete reference on family medicine as well as any other book available [and] delivers its content in a fashion that is user-friendly for all levels of clinical practice.

The book once again reviews the basic principles of family practice, with emphasis on prevention and wellness. Sections on specific disease entities are comprehensive and logically constructed. Tables and graphs are used extensively and are strategically placed to facilitate learning and recall. Added chapters on Bioterrorism and alternative medicine are most welcome and testify to the book's timeliness. This sixth edition is without question the strongest, most comprehensive version yet." (DOODY'S REVIEW)

"This work achieves the goal of being a complete reference on family medicine ... . the book delivers its content in a fashion that is user-friendly for all levels of clinical practice. ... Tables and graphs are used extensively and are strategically placed to facilitate learning and recall. Added chapters on bioterrorism and alternative medicine are most welcome and testify to the book’s timeliness. ... This sixth edition is without question the strongest, most comprehensive version yet." (Donald R. Frey, www.doody.com, February, 2004)

Synopsis

'This sixth edition is without question the strongest, most comprehensive version yet...Five stars!' - Doody's Review. "Family Medicine Principles and Practice" is a classic, comprehensive text thoroughly revised and substantially expanded providing clear guidelines for diagnosing and managing acute and chronic illnesses regularly seen in family practice. The sixth edition continues to present the family practice approach to health care while retaining the clinical focus. New chapters cover Family Issues in Health Care, Selected Problems in Aging, Home Care, Medical Informatics, the Internet and Telemedicine, as well as the latest news on Hormone Replacement Therapy and the timely area of Bioterrorism.A new section titled The Future of Family Medicine has been added. In addition, new topics are covered within other chapters, such as autistic spectrum disorderm HIV and AIDS in infants and children, Hantavirus infection, ischemic bowel syndromes, the human genome and helping patients with Medicare. All chapters are completely updated and include new clinical guidelines as well as traditional and Web-based references.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387954007
• ISBN 13: 9780387954004
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 1240
• Editor: Taylor Robert B.