Family Medicine Principles and Practice in Plain Language: Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Pharmacotherapy of Acute, Chronic, and Undifferentiated Conditions for Primary Care Clinicians
Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2026
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- Title
- Family Medicine Principles and Practice in Plain Language: Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Pharmacotherapy of Acute, Chronic, and Undifferentiated Conditions for Primary Care Clinicians
- Author
- Weaver MD, Philip V.
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798174163249
Family medicine demands more clinical breadth than any other specialty. This comprehensive reference handbook was built for exactly that reality — a single, authoritative clinical resource covering every major domain of primary care practice, from cardiovascular disease and diabetes to dermatology, pediatrics, geriatrics, neurology, women's health, and the undifferentiated presentations that define the daily work of family medicine.
Written in plain, direct clinical language without sacrificing depth or accuracy, this handbook translates current evidence-based guidelines into practical, actionable clinical decisions — the kind a trusted colleague explains at the bedside, not the kind buried in a 400-page specialty monograph.
What you will find inside:
- 20 comprehensive clinical chapters — cardiovascular, endocrine, respiratory, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, mental health, women's health, pediatrics, geriatrics, dermatology, infectious disease, neurology, urology, EENT, hematology, allergy and immunology, pain management, office procedures, and undifferentiated presentations
- Current guideline-based management referencing ADA 2025, GINA 2024, GOLD 2024, ACC/AHA, USPSTF, AAP Bright Futures, NAMS 2023, CDC STI 2024, and AGS Beers Criteria 2023
- Complete pharmacotherapy tables — drug names, doses, routes, frequencies, renal adjustments, and key adverse effects for every major drug class
- Diagnostic algorithms and clinical decision frameworks for the presentations that arrive without a label — chest pain, dyspnea, fatigue, unintentional weight loss, dizziness, fever without a source, and abdominal pain
- Office procedure guidance — joint injections, skin biopsies, laceration repair, spirometry interpretation, EKG reading, point-of-care ultrasound, and LARC insertion
- Validated clinical scoring tools — PHQ-9, GAD-7, AUDIT-C, CHA₂DS₂-VASc, Wells criteria, CURB-65, FRAX, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Ottawa Rules, and more — reproduced in full in the appendix
- Drug reference appendices covering antihypertensives, lipid-lowering agents, anticoagulants, antidiabetic medications, and commonly used outpatient antibiotics
- Normal laboratory reference ranges across hematology, chemistry, endocrine, inflammatory markers, and urine studies
- Plain-language explanations of the why behind clinical decisions — because understanding the mechanism makes the management stick
Family medicine residents building their clinical foundation. Practicing family physicians and general internists who want a current, structured reference. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants in outpatient settings. Medical students on primary care rotations. Allied health professionals who work alongside primary care teams.
Why this handbook stands apart:
Most clinical references are either too narrow — covering a single specialty in exhaustive depth — or too shallow, offering only surface-level summaries. This handbook occupies the space family medicine itself occupies: broad enough to cover everything a primary care clinician encounters, deep enough to be genuinely useful when the patient is in front of you and a decision needs to be made. Plain language is not a concession to simplicity — it is a clinical value.
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