Essential Handbook for Healthcare Professionals: A Comprehensive Guide to Common Conditions in General Practice

This concise and easy-to-refer-to handbook is primarily designed for healthcare professionals outside of the United States. It provides a clear and structured approach to managing common conditions seen in general practice, covering assessment, history, examination, and management of each condition.

Well-Structured and Easy to Navigate

The book is divided into systems of the body, making it easy to find and reference specific conditions. Each condition is presented in a standard format, including diagnosis and symptom guidance, and is supplemented with ‘alert’ boxes, helpful hints, and ‘useful tips’ set off in boxes.

Completely Up-to-Date with the Latest Information

This edition includes the very latest national guidelines for treating major diseases seen in primary care, as well as new Quality and Outcomes Framework features. It omits complexities such as disease aetiology to focus on the practical aspects of disease management, making it an invaluable resource for GPs.

Other Key Features Include:

• Short, concise chapters focusing on clinical and practical aspects of disease management
• Covers all the diseases commonly seen in primary care
• Helpful appendices, including drug monitoring, private medical examinations, patient reports, notifiable diseases, management of anaphylaxis, immunisation, growth charts, and dermatomes
• Incorporates the latest national guidelines for diseases such as asthma, hypertension, and diabetes
• New chapter on Men’s Health
• Updated guidelines and Quality and Outcomes Framework features

A Valuable Resource for Healthcare Professionals

“This book should be carried around in a medical bag or lie on the desk; it would be a shame to have such a practical book on the bookshelf, as it would not fulfil its full potential.” – Dr Harry Brown, Medix-UK, June 2003

Published by Churchill Livingstone, this 3rd edition was released on March 24, 2008, and consists of 392 pages. The ISBN-10 is 0443103593, and the ISBN-13 is 9780443103599. The eText ISBN is 9780702050732.