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Fundamentals of Clinical Practice

  • Mark B. Mengel
  • Warren L. Holleman
  • Scott A. Fields
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xxx
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  2. The Patient

    1. Human Health and Disease
      Roger A. Rosenblatt
      Pages 3-20
    2. The Individual and Family Life Cycle
      Eliana C. Korin, Monica McGoldrick, Marlene F. Watson
      Pages 21-47

  3. The Doctor

    1. Becoming a Physician
      Catherine P. McKegney
      Pages 51-72
    2. Being a Physician
      John L. Coulehan
      Pages 73-98
    3. The Physician in Literature
      William Monroe, John L. Coulehan
      Pages 99-117

  4. The Doctor

    1. Interviewing as Clinical Conversation
      Kathleen A. Zoppi
      Pages 119-131
    2. Taking a History
      Elizabeth Steiner
      Pages 133-147
    3. Physical Examination
      Diane L. Elliot, Linn Goldberg
      Pages 149-177
    4. Appropriate Use of Laboratory Tests
      Victoria S. Kaprielian
      Pages 179-196
    5. Making a Diagnosis
      John P. Langlois
      Pages 197-217
    6. Instituting Treatment
      Jeff Susman
      Pages 219-237
    7. Recordkeeping and Presentation
      William M. Chop Jr
      Pages 239-267

  5. The Doctor

    1. The Difficult Clinical Conversation
      Kathleen A. Zoppi, Catherine P. McKegney
      Pages 269-284
    2. Managing Chronic Illness
      John S. Rolland
      Pages 285-316
    3. Counseling and Behavioral Change
      Larry B. Mauksch
      Pages 317-335
    4. Functional Assessment
      Kathleen R. Farrell
      Pages 337-357
    5. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
      Larry L. Dickey
      Pages 359-380
    6. Keeping Up to Date
      Warren P. Newton
      Pages 381-399

  6. Society

    1. The Patient-Physician Relationship
      Ronald M. Epstein
      Pages 403-429
    2. The Family System
      Thomas L. Campbell, Susan H. McDaniel, David B. Seaburn
      Pages 431-447
    3. The Community
      Laura B. Frankenstein, Elisabeth D. Babcock
      Pages 449-471
    4. The Workplace
      Annette M. David, Mark R. Cullen
      Pages 473-491
    5. Public Health and the Environment
      James N. Hyde, Barry S. Levy
      Pages 493-512
    6. The Cultural Role of the Patient
      Howard F. Stein
      Pages 513-539
    7. The Healthcare System
      James W. Mold
      Pages 541-574

  7. Society

    1. Medical Ethics
      Warren L. Holleman
      Pages 575-604
    2. Health Policy and Economics
      Christopher J. Mansfield, Ann C. Jobe
      Pages 605-628
    3. The Law and Medicine
      Cyndi Jewell Baily
      Pages 629-650
    4. Spirituality and Medicine
      Dana E. King
      Pages 651-670

  8. Society

    1. The Tobacco Pandemic
      Alan M. Blum, Eric J. Solberg
      Pages 671-687
    2. Alcohol and Drug Abuse
      Kristen Lawton Barry
      Pages 689-716
    3. Violence
      L. Kevin Hamberger, Bruce Ambuel
      Pages 717-739
    4. Mental Illness
      Frank Verloin deGruy III
      Pages 741-763
    5. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
      Peggy B. Smith
      Pages 765-789
    6. Maternal and Child Health
      Larry Culpepper, Sara G. Shields, Mark Loafman
      Pages 791-819
  9. Back Matter
    Pages 821-837
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About this book

Introduction

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.

Keywords

Public Health assessment care diagnosis diseases economics ethics health care health policy health promotion management medical ethics medicine prevention treatment

Editors and affiliations

  • Mark B. Mengel
    • 1
  • Warren L. Holleman
    • 2
  • Scott A. Fields
    • 3
  1. 1.St. Louis UniversitySt. Louis
  2. 2.Baylor College of MedicineHouston
  3. 3.Oregon Health Sciences UniversityPortland

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