| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 460 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Family medicine -- Textbooks.
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Family medicine. |
| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Subject |
Family Practice. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Textbooks.
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| Added Author |
Freeman, Thomas, 1948-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McWhinney, Ian R. Textbook of family medicine. 3rd ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008033966 |
| ISBN |
9780199708628 (electronic book) |
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0199708622 (electronic book) |
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1282544179 |
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9781282544178 |
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9780195369854 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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0195369858 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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