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Textbook of family medicine / Ian R. McWhinney, Thomas Freeman

Author
McWhinney, Ian R.
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Edition
3rd ed.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 460 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Freeman, Thomas, 1948-
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Language Note
English.
Contents
The origins of family medicine -- Principles of family medicine -- Illness in the community -- A profile of family practice -- Philosophical and scientific foundations of family medicine -- Illness, suffering, and healing -- Doctor-patient communication -- Clinical method -- The enhancement of health and the prevention of disease -- The family in health and disease -- Acute sore throat -- Headache -- Fatigue -- Hypertension -- Diabetes -- Home care -- Records -- Consultation and referral -- The health professions -- The community service network -- Alternative or complementary medicine -- Practice management -- Continuing self-education -- Research in family practice.
Summary
Highly successful in its first two editions, McWhinney's Textbook of Family Medicine is one of the seminal texts in the field. While many family medicine texts simply cover the disorders a practitioner might see in clinical practice (thus they become watered-down internal medicine texts), McWhinney defines the principles and practices of family medicine as a separate and distinct field of practice. His initial sections cover the basis principles and philosophies of family medicine and a later section discusses the approach to the patients with common diseases encountered in practice (these discussions not only address these clinical problems, but each is a workshop for incorporating what it means to be a family physician into everyday practice). The new edition is updated throughout with help from a group of reviewers and a new coauthor, Tom Freeman, who is Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at McWhinney's institution, the University of Western Ontario.
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ISBN
9780199708628 (electronic bk.)
0199708622 (electronic bk.)
1282544179
9781282544178
0190451521
9780190451523
9786612544170
6612544171
9780195369854 (paper ; alk. paper)
0195369858 (paper ; alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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