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Author Murtagh, John, author

Title John Murtagh's practice tips / John Murtagh AM, MBBS, BSc, BEd, FRACGP, DipObstRCOG Emeritus Professor in General Practice, School of Primary Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne Professorial Fellow, Department of Generla Practice, University of Melbourne Adjunct Clinical Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia Guest Professor, Peking University Health Science Centre Beijing
Edition Sixth edition
Published North Ryde, N.S.W. : McGraw-Hill Education, 2012
North Ryde, N.S.W. : McGraw-Hill Education, 2013
©2008

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 W'PONDS  610 Mur/Pti 2013  AVAILABLE
Description xxi, 258 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Contents 1. Emergency procedures -- 2. Basic practical medical procedures -- 3. Injection techniques -- 4. Skin repair and minor plastic surgery -- 5. Treatment of lumps and bumps -- 6. Treatment of ano-rectal problems -- 7. Foot problems -- 8. Nail problems -- 9. Common trauma -- 10. Removal of foreign bodies -- 11. Musculoskeletal medicine -- 12. Orodental problems -- 13. Ear, nose and throat -- 14. The eyes -- 15. Tips on treating children -- 16. The skin -- 17. Varicose veins -- 18. Miscellaneous
Summary This book contains tips for GPs and other medical practitioners drawn from John Murtagh's extensive experience in practice. It provides essential information and step-by-step instructions on how to deal with conditions encountered by GPs around the world. Topics covered include: musculoskeletal injections; wound management; principles for fractures; and tips on treating children. This book provides tried-and-tested approaches to treatment and improvisation methods, using convenient tools and readily available equipment to treat patients as effectively as possible. Written with the busy modern practitioner in mind, this edition describes techniques using common terminology to suit practitioners at all levels of experience. More than 450 detailed illustrations, including some new and many revised, supplement the text
Analysis Australian
Notes Previous ed.: 2008
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Family medicine.
Medicine -- Practice -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Medicine, Rural.
Surgery, Minor.
Clinical Medicine -- methods.
General Practice.
Minor Surgical Procedures.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
ISBN 9781743070123 (paperback)
Other Titles Practice tips
Murtagh's practice tips