Fundamentals of Family Medicine

A presentation of family medicine, emphasizing problems common to the office setting. The topics covered in the first edition have been reviewed and updated, and include case studies, tables, information on drugs, discussion questions, and information on prevention, consultations and referrals.

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A presentation of family medicine, placing special emphasis on those problems most common in the office setting. The topics covered in the first edition have been reviewed and updated, and include information on drugs as well as new case studies, while this edition also includes new discussion questions, information on problems of the infant and child, and tables describing the Folstein Minimental Status Exam and assessment of the elderly. The index paradigm - a three-generation extended family with selected illnesses - is also featured. There is material on clinical prevention, consultations and referrals.