Overview

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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Author:   Ian R. McWhinney ,  Thomas Freeman
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.692kg
ISBN:  

9780195369854

ISBN 10:   0195369858
Pages:   472
Publication Date:   08 April 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I ; Basic Principles ; 1. The Origins of Family Medicine ; 2. Principles of Family Medicine ; 3. Illness in the Community ; 4. A Profile of Family Practice ; 5. Philosophical and Scientific Foundations of Family Medicine ; 6. Illness, Suffering, and Healing ; 7. Doctor-Patient Communication ; 8. Clinical Method ; 9. The Enhancement of Health and Prevention of Disease ; 10. The Family in Health and Disease ; Part II ; Clinical Problems ; 11. Acute Sore Throat ; 12. Headache ; 13. Fatigue ; 14. Hypertension ; 15. Diabetes ; Part III ; The Practice of Family Medicine ; 16. Home Care ; 17. Records ; 18. Consultation and Referral ; 19. The Health Professions ; 20. The Community Service Network ; 21. Alternative, or Complementary Medicine ; 22. Practice Management ; Part IV ; Education and Research ; 23. Continuing Self-Education ; 24. Research in Family Practice

Reviews

""" Dr McWhinney's book was always more than a reference text for a day in the office. It was- and still is-a compass for a career in the specialty.2 It still serves as a blueprint for the house of family medicine, even as we remodel it into the Patient-centered Medical Home of the future."" -- FAMILY MEDICINE"

Dr McWhinney's book was always more than a reference text for a day in the office. It was- and still is-a compass for a career in the specialty.2 It still serves as a blueprint for the house of family medicine, even as we remodel it into the Patient-centered Medical Home of the future. -- FAMILYMEDICINE

<br> Dr McWhinney's book was always more than a reference text for a day in the office. It was- and still is-a compass for a career in the specialty.2 It still serves as a blueprint for the house of family medicine, even as we remodel it into the Patient-centered Medical Home of the future. -- FAMILYMEDICINE<p><br>

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