Ebook: Family Medicine: Principles and Practice

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxix
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
The Family Physician....Pages 3-6
The History of Family Practice....Pages 7-12
What It’s Like To Be a Family Physician....Pages 13-16
The Family Physician’s Responsibilities....Pages 17-28
Family Medicine Education....Pages 29-30
The Biomedical Sciences....Pages 31-39
The Clinical Sciences....Pages 40-57
The Family Practice Residency....Pages 58-72
Continuing Education....Pages 73-80
The Family Practice Library....Pages 81-87
The American Board of Family Practice....Pages 88-91
Patient Education....Pages 92-96
Longitudinal Care....Pages 97-111
Home Care....Pages 112-116
Hospital Care....Pages 117-122
Nursing Home and Extended Care....Pages 123-127
The Health Care Team....Pages 128-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-142
The Physician—Patient Relationship....Pages 143-148
The Years from Birth to Puberty....Pages 149-160
The Adolescent Years....Pages 161-172
Front Matter....Pages 141-142
The Young Adult....Pages 173-190
The Middle Years....Pages 191-199
The Later Years....Pages 200-211
The Family....Pages 212-215
The Physician-Family Relationship....Pages 216-220
The Impact of Illness on the Family....Pages 221-233
The Family in Crisis....Pages 234-241
The Family, the Hospital, and the Family Physician....Pages 242-249
Death and Bereavement....Pages 250-256
Behavioral Science....Pages 257-271
Compliance....Pages 272-276
Drug Use and Abuse....Pages 277-285
Nutritional Counseling....Pages 286-314
Behavioral Problems of Childhood....Pages 315-331
Premarital and Marital Counseling....Pages 332-346
Human Sexuality....Pages 347-350
Chronic Illness....Pages 351-354
Front Matter....Pages 355-356
The Clinical Content of Family Medicine....Pages 357-360
Communication....Pages 361-367
Problem Differentiation....Pages 368-371
Front Matter....Pages 355-356
Problem Solving....Pages 372-381
Symptoms and the Medical History....Pages 382-385
Patient Profile....Pages 386-387
Physical Diagnosis....Pages 388-402
Laboratory Diagnosis....Pages 403-407
Office Laboratory....Pages 408-421
Electrocardiography....Pages 422-443
Roentgenography, Nuclear Imaging, and Ultrasonography....Pages 444-456
Allergy....Pages 460-476
Cardiovascular Medicine....Pages 481-511
Dermatology....Pages 517-533
Emergency Medicine....Pages 538-565
Endocrinology....Pages 571-593
Environmental Medicine....Pages 598-613
Gastroenterology....Pages 619-641
Geriatric Medicine....Pages 646-650
Hematology....Pages 655-679
Nephrology....Pages 683-702
Neurology and Neurosurgery....Pages 708-721
Obstetrics and Gynecology....Pages 727-767
Front Matter....Pages 1091-1092
Occupational Health and Industrial Medicine....Pages 1208-1219
School Health....Pages 1220-1224
Sports Medicine....Pages 1225-1244
Community Resources....Pages 1245-1251
Government and Third Party Payers....Pages 1252-1264
Legal Aspects of Family Practice....Pages 1265-1271
Medical Ethics....Pages 1272-1275
Peer Review....Pages 1276-1288
Family Practice in the United States....Pages 1289-1291
Family Practice in Canada....Pages 1292-1296
Family/General Practice in the United Kingdom....Pages 1297-1300
Family and General Practice around the World....Pages 1301-1303
The Challenges to Family Practice....Pages 1304-1312
The Family Physician of the Future....Pages 1313-1318
Back Matter....Pages 1319-1365