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Mastering each aspect of the patient interview and physical exam is
fundamental to medical education, resulting in more accurate
diagnostic skills, more effective patient management, and better
patient outcomes! Dr. Swartz's Textbook of Physical Diagnosis is a
highly respected reference in this critical area, offering a
compassionate, humanistic approach to the art and science of
interviewing and physical examination. From cover to cover, you'll
learn how your interpersonal awareness is just as important in
physical diagnosis as your level of skill - and why clinical
competence in this area is essential for physicians, nurse
practitioners, physician assistants, and all members of the
healthcare profession. Explores how cultural differences can
influence communication, diet, family relationships, and health
practices and beliefs - which may affect your approach to a
patient's treatment. Features hundreds of high-quality color
images, an easy-to-use design, and detailed descriptions of
practical techniques throughout. Offers clear, easy-to-understand
explanations of interviewing and examination techniques, clinical
presentations, pathophysiology, complementary and alternative
medicine, and physical diagnosis standards and tests. All chapters
completely reviewed and revised. Features a new chapter on
deconstructing racism and bias in clinical medicine. Provides
expanded coverage of the musculoskeletal system with more specialty
examinations of joints. Emphasizes precision, accuracy, and
critical thinking in clinical assessment. Highlights clinical
ethics and professionalism. Includes more than 6 hours of in-depth
video, featuring step-by-step key aspects of the physical
examination for adults, toddlers, and newborns, important
interviewing scenarios, and audio of heart and lung sounds.
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook
allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from
the book on a variety of devices.
This unique and practical book provides a clear introduction to
clinical supervision and support in primary care. Supervision and
Support in Primary Care provides practical information and guidance
on the nature and purpose of clinical supervision. It uses examples
and perspectives from the world of mental health, Balint groups and
self-directed learning, and examines the benefits and challenges of
supervision within the primary care setting. Numerous case studies
are used throughout to describe the wide range of current
approaches to supervision for general practitioners, illustrating
how this can contribute towards more effective clinical work and
training. All those working within primary care will find this book
valuable reading.
David Widgery was a socialist GP who worked in the East End of
London. For him medicine was as much about the social causes of
illness as it was biological. He believed that if wealth were more
evenly distributed, society and its members would be healthier.
Working in and fighting for the NHS symbolised his wider view of
the world. This book tackles the difficult issues surrounding
doctors' roles, including whether they should ignore or embrace the
social causes of illness. It looks at the unique perspective of
David Widgery's life in exploring these issues, and also considers
why medicine at times is disheartening. General practitioners,
other doctors, and those who shape and make health policy will all
find this book stimulating and enlightening reading.
The UK has the fastest growing rate of obesity in Europe with one
in five adults classified as being obese. The increasing incidence
of obese and overweight children is of equal concern where the
rates mirror those of adults. This is a practical guide for GPs
practice and community nurses and other health professionals in
primary care. Illustrated with case scenarios examples of good
practice and practice protocols it describes how to incorporate
clinical governance with best practice in preventing and managing
obesity and overweight problems. The book provides templates for
personal practice and professional development plans that can be
used as part of GPs' revalidation portfolios. Reflective exercises
at the end of each chapter help to identify learning and service
needs and useful data are included on the National Obesity Forum
Guidelines together with sources of information and relevant
websites. Topics include effective interventions motivation and
influence adult and child diets myths and co-existing medical
conditions. 'What we desperately need is a reliable evidence-based
workshop manual for managing obesity. This book fits the bill. Ruth
Chambers and Gill Wakley have long track records for highlighting
important issues in general practice. In this book they team up
with experts in obesity producing a book which I suspect will
develop well-thumbed pages in a short space of time.' Ian Banks in
the Foreword
This book covers several areas, such as immunology, infectious
diseases, physiology, general nursing, and medicine as well as
measurement accuracy and the history of our understanding of fever.
This book employs an interdisciplinary approach to exploring our
concept of body temperature and specifically fever. The present
volume revolves around thermometry, taking the reader on a journey
from the past to the present. Yet while the emphasis is on the
clinical importance of obtaining accurate, quantitative
measurements of body temperature, the reader is also introduced to
the most recent clinical work on the subject. This book represents
a truly cross-disciplinary collaboration, using evidence-based
practice to integrate physiological and immunological knowledge.
The authors' intention with this volume is to help readers gain
better insight into the importance of using knowledge from
different disciplines to develop an appreciation of the different
aspects of body temperature. In addition, the reader will come to
understand the concept of fever in a broader perspective than is
traditionally adopted.
Quality is at the heart of the government's strategy for NHS
development, and which is to be delivered through clinical
governance. This book explores accreditation through practical case
studies and research findings, and outlines how it can assure the
quality of care. Systems of accreditation for measuring and
improving quality are described, and show how they can be used
easily and effectively to meet the challenges of the new NHS. It is
clear, concise and relevant to all the current changes in
healthcare provision. All those responsible for delivering a
service based on clinical and cost effectiveness will find it
essential reading. 'In the United Kingdom primary health care is
based almost wholly on general practice. From April 1999 all
general practices will belong to primary care groups. Questions of
quality and accountability will be high on their agenda as part of
the new arrangements for clinical governance. This book on
accreditation in primary care is therefore most timely.' Sir Donald
Irvine, President, General Medical Council, in the Introduction
L'opera descrive in maniera semplice e chiara l'occhio, il suo
sviluppo, i suoi difetti e le sue malattie. Presenta l'igiene
oculare, la protezione dalle radiazioni tossiche e spiega come
usare le lenti a contatto e gli occhiali da sole. Il volume offre
anche un panorama degli interventi laser e chirurgici di maggior
diffusione, che consentira al paziente che si deve fare operare di
capire meglio l'atto operatorio e il decorso postoperatorio.
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