Fundamentals of Clinical Practice

2. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-4757-8202-8
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 837 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 2079 g

Fundamentals of Clinical Practice, Second Edition presents medical students with a comprehensive guide to the social ramifications of a physician's work, and more experienced practitioners with the tools to augment their own patient-centered techniques.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mengel, Mark B.

Holleman, Warren L.

Fields, Scott A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pädiatrie, Neonatologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Allgemeinmedizin, Familienmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Patient.- Human Health and Disease.- The Individual and Family Life Cycle.- The Doctor.- Becoming a Physician.- Being a Physician.- The Physician in Literature.- The Doctor.- Interviewing as Clinical Conversation.- Taking a History.- Physical Examination.- Appropriate Use of Laboratory Tests.- Making a Diagnosis.- Instituting Treatment.- Recordkeeping and Presentation.- The Doctor.- The Difficult Clinical Conversation.- Managing Chronic Illness.- Counseling and Behavioral Change.- Functional Assessment.- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.- Keeping Up to Date.- Society.- The Patient-Physician Relationship.- The Family System.- The Community.- The Workplace.- Public Health and the Environment.- The Cultural Role of the Patient.- The Healthcare System.- Society.- Medical Ethics.- Health Policy and Economics.- The Law and Medicine.- Spirituality and Medicine.- Society.- The Tobacco Pandemic.- Alcohol and Drug Abuse.- Violence.- Mental Illness.- Sexually Transmitted Diseases.- Maternal and Child Health.