Fundamentals of Family Medicine

by Taylor, Robert B.; David, Alan K.; Phillips, D. Melessa, M.D.; Fields, Scott A.; Scherger, Joseph E.; Taylor, Robert B.

• ISBN13: 9780387954790
• ISBN10: 0387954791
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

Like its predecessors, this edition of FUNDAMENTALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE will present the medical student and practitioner with common clinical problems of family practice, placing special emphasis on those problems most common in the office setting. Topics such as pregnancy, labor and delivery, common problems of the elderly, headache, hypertension, urinary tract infections, osteoarthritis, HIV, anxiety disorders and athletic injuries are thoroughly reviewed and updated and include new information on drugs, as well as new case studies. The third edition will also include new discussion questions, new information on problems of the infant and child and tables describing the Folstein Minimental Status Exam and assessment of the elderly. New chapters include: The Family Physician's Role in Responding to Biological and Chemical Terrorism and Information Mastery: Evidence-Based Medicine. A unique, continuing feature of the third edition will be The Index Family paradigm, a three-generation extended family with selected illnesses. A genogram will introduce this family model and specific family members will form the basis of case presentations for discussions that follow each chapter. Useful material on clinical prevention consultations and referrals will also be updated and featured. This book -- clinical, portable and easy-to-use -- is a "must have" for all students in Family Medicine.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Notes for the Reader	ix
Contributors	xv
Principles of Generalist Health Care	1	(18)
Robert B. Taylor
Clinical Prevention	19	(38)
Anthony F. Jerant
Normal Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery	57	(19)
Margaret V. Elizondo
Joseph E. Scherger
Problems of the Newborn and Infant	76	(34)
Richard B. Lewan
Christopher R. Wood
Bruce Ambuel
Common Problems of the Elderly	110	(23)
James P. Richardson
Aubrey L. Knight
Domestic Violence	133	(15)
Valerie J. Gilchrist
Headache	148	(21)
Anne D. Walling
Hypertension	169	(22)
Stephen A. Brunton
Sinusitis and Pharyngitis	191	(17)
Paul Evans
William F. Miser
Viral Infections of the Respiratory Tract	208	(18)
George L. Kirkpatrick
Otitis Media and Externa	226	(16)
William F. Miser
Ischemic Heart Disease	242	(28)
Jim Nuovo
Obstructive Airway Disease	270	(18)
Howard N. Weinberg
Gastritis, Esophagitis, and Peptic Ulcer Disease	288	(16)
Alan M. Adelman
Peter R. Lewis
Urinary Tract Infections	304	(18)
Boyd L. Bailey, Jr.
Vulvovaginitis and Cervicitis	322	(15)
Mary Willard
Disorders of the Back and Neck	337	(33)
Walter L. Calmbach
Osteoarthritis	370	(8)
Alicia D. Monroe
John B. Murphy
Common Dermatoses	378	(24)
Daniel J. Van Durme
Diabetes Mellitus	402	(28)
Charles Kent Smith
John P. Sheehan
Margaret M. Ulchaker
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome	430	(20)
Steven P. Bromer
Ronald H. Goldschmidt
Anxiety Disorders	450	(20)
Deborah S. McPherson
Depression	470	(17)
Rupert R. Goetz
Scott A. Fields
William L. Toffler
Care of Acute Lacerations	487	(27)
Bryan J. Campbell
Douglas J. Campbell
Athletic Injuries	514	(24)
Michael L. Tuggy
Cora Collette Breuner
Care of the Dying Patient	538	(15)
Frank S. Celestino
The Family Physician's Role in Responding to Biological and Chemical Terrorism	553	(24)
Alan L. Melnick
Information Mastery: Practical Evidence-Based Family Medicine	577	(16)
Cheryl A. Flynn
Allen F. Shaughnessy
David C. Slawson
Index	593