General Practice

Name: General Practice
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ISBN: 9780074717790

ISBN-10: 0074717790

ISBN-13: 9780074717790

Edition: 4th 2007 (Revised)

Authors: John Murtagh

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With new content, improved navigation, and a full-colour presentation, the fourth edition of this seminal work in general practice is the essential resource for practitioners as well as students. Readers will find over 100 clinical photos, six new chapters and thorough updating throughout.

Book details

List price: $110.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Australia
Publication date: 4/26/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1560
Size: 8.75" wide x 10.50" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 6.028
Language: English

John Murtagh, AM, is Executive Director, Education at the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and Adjunct Professor of General Practice at the Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.

The basis of general practice
The nature and content of general practice
The family
Consulting skills
Communication skills
Counselling skills
Difficult, demanding and angry patients
Palliative care
The elderly patient
Prevention in general practice
Nutrition in health and illness
Health promotion and dedication
Pain and its management
Whole person approach to management
Travel and topical medicine
Research and evidence-based medicine
Laboratory investigations
Diagnostic perspective in general practice
Inspection as a clinical skill
A safe diagnostic strategy
Genetic conditions
Depression
Diabetes mellitus: diagnosis
Drug problems
Anaemia
Thyroid and other endocrine disorders
Spinal dysfunction
Urinary tract infection
Malignant disease
HIV/AIDS - could it be HIV?
Baffling viral and protozoal infections
Baffling bacterial infections
Chronic renal failure
Connective tissue disorders and the vasculitides
Neurological dilemmas
Problem solving in general practice
Abdominal pain
Arthritis
Anorectal disorders
Low back pain
Thoracic back pain
Bruising and bleeding
Chest pain
Constipation
Cough
Deafness and hearing loss
Diarrhoea
The disturbed patient
Dizziness
Dyspepsia (indigestion)
Dysphagia
Dyspnoea
The painful ear
The red and tender eye
Pain in the face
Fevers and chills
Faints, fits and funny turns
Haematemesis and melaena
Headache
Hoarseness
Jaundice
Nasal disorders
Nausea and vomiting
Neck lumps
Neck pain
Shoulder pain
Pain in the arm and hand
Hip and buttock pain
Pain in the leg
The painful knee
Pain in the foot and ankle
Walking difficulty
Palpitations
Sleep disorders
Sore mouth and tongue
Sore throat
Tiredness
The unconscious patient
Urinary disorders
Visual failure
Weight gain
Weight
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