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The purpose of this book is to provide students with a succinct text covering all the key issues in primary care from the point of view of the medical student and trainee junior doctor. It will be useful as a reference following lectures or tutorials and also to refer to while on attachments in GP surgeries. It is part of the popular "Pocket Essentials" series, edited by Kumar Clark.
| ISBN | 0702026484 | | Pages | 360 | | ISBN13 | 9780702026485
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Elsevier Health Sciences | | Weight (grammes) | 1000 | | Imprint | Saunders (W.B.) Co Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Pocket Essentials S. | | Publication date | 29 Jun 2006 | | Height (mm) | 152 | | Library of Congress | 2005057406 | | Width (mm) | 102 | | DEWEY | 616 | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education |
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| 1 | | The nature and scope of general practice | | 1 | | 2 | | Approach to diagnosis and treatment | | 17 | | 3 | | Acute emergencies | | 35 | | 4 | | Acute and self-limiting illness | | 51 | | 5 | | Chronic illness | | 143 | | 6 | | Health promotion and disease prevention | | 213 | | 7 | | Prescribing | | 231 | | 8 | | Referral to specialists | | 249 | | 9 | | Doctor-patient communication | | 267 | | 10 | | The primary care team | | 291 | | 11 | | The GP in the healthcare system | | 311 | | 12 | | Ethical aspects of general practice | | 327 |
[The end chapters contain] topics [that] are often asked in exams to catch out those students who have not been attending and thus would not be aware of the different roles of professionals in primary care. These chapters are good for summarising some important topics that are often not covered in books. "Medical Student, University College London, UK"  Be the first to write a customer review
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