The Handbook of Family Medicine is an essential guide for medical generalists working in an African context. This valuable educational resource is produced by the South African Academy of Family Physicians, and includes contributors from the Departments of Family Medicine in South Africa. The text is directed at undergraduate medical students and registrars, who are completing postgraduate training in family medicine, and is a useful resource for family physicians, general practitioners, interns, medical officers, clinical associates, clinical nurse practitioners and allied health care workers in the primary care setting.
By:
Bob Mash Imprint: Oxford University Press Southern Africa Edition: 4th Revised edition Dimensions:
Height: 182mm,
Width: 117mm,
Spine: 27mm
Weight: 432g ISBN:9780190429218 ISBN 10: 0190429216 Pages: 540 Publication Date:16 November 2017 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Further / Higher Education
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1 - A different context of care Chapter 2 - The consulation Chapter 3 - Family-orientated primary care Chapter 4 - Core dimensions of primary care Chapter 5 - An approach to common symptoms Chapter 6 - Managing common conditions Chapter 7 - Community orientated primary care: where is the doctor Chapter 8 - Leadership and clinical governance Chapter 9 - Developing the primary care team Chapter 10 - Family medicine ethics Chapter 11 - Evidence- based Family medicine
Bob Mash is a professor of Family Medicine at University of Stellenbosch.