| Description |
xii, 460 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| 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 |
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 basic 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) |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Ian R. McWhinney. 1997 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Family medicine -- Textbooks.
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Family medicine.
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Family Practice.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
Freeman, Thomas, 1948-
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| LC no. |
2008033966 |
| ISBN |
0195369858 (paperback) |
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9780195369854 (paperback) |
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