Product Description: Dr. Alex Watson and actor Dave Gillespie have combined their different areas of expertise to produce a new approach to GP consulting. Modern Guide to GP Consulting is a simple and straightforward guide that any doctor can use to improve the way they communicate with their patients...read more

Product Description: An essential overview of the core skills needed by every social work practitioner Developing Evidence-Based Generalist Practice Skills features contributions from top scholars in social work practice, presenting essential information for the ethical and effective practice of social work...read more

Product Description: Awarded First Prize, in the Primary health care category, at the 2013 BMA Medical Book Awards. Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, this brand new title provides a highly illustrated introduction to the full range of essential primary care presentations, grouped by system, so you’ll know exactly where to find the information you need, and be perfectly equipped to make the most of your GP attachment...read more

Product Description: 'How many general practitioners ended up in their roles thanks to a faint breeze nudging them in a given direction? How many successes resulted from failure? Some of the most successful practices were built up from nothing, and some of the happiest doctors spent time not being doctors...read more

Product Description: Thoroughly illustrated, this new reference provides the primary care physician with detailed information on the most commonly encountered clinical situations and the most frequently asked questions. With contributions from 61 leading experts, the chapters address everything the primary care physician will face regularly and will need to know about the breast, pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, contraception, infertility, gynecologic cancers, urogynecology and gynecology...read more

Product Description: Providing a comprehensive discussion of communication between doctors and patients in primary care consultations, this volume brings together a team of leading contributors from the fields of linguistics, sociology and medicine to describe each phase of the primary care consultation...read more

Product Description: When I was a young intern in internal medicine,osteoporosis was defined mainly as a fracture occurring in elderly people. However,although plain X-ray examination was recognized as an insensitive way to detect osteoporosis, hypodense bone was already considered as the reflection of the disease...read more

Product Description: Part of the Illustrated Color Text series, this highly visual and concise textbook presents topics in clinical medicine and related areas that will likely be encountered in general practice. Taking an evidence-based approach, this atlas-style resource discusses the differences between general practice and hospital-based care...read more

Product Description: The recent explosion of knowledge in the fields of neurobiology, psychology and genetics has made it no longer helpful to discuss whether or not a particular illness is psychosomatic. It is much more helpful to use the term psychosomatic attitude to refer to an approach that pays attention to possible interactions of psychological, social and biological factors in all patients, whatever symptom or disorder they may be suffering...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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`[An] excellent book... an important source of learning, bringing clarity and insight into often isolated areas' - Counselling in Medical Setting (CMS) Journal `Glyn Hudson-Allez' book is very well researched and clearly written... time-limited therapy is an effective and professional means of offering practical help and the book is highly recommended reading for all counsellors wishing to work in this way' - Family Practice As general practitioners are increasingly capping provision of counselling sessions, time-limited therapy skills are becoming ever-more important to counsellors working alongside GPs. Time-limited therapy provides a specific set of skills which enable counsel (view table of contents)

Product Description: Presents audit in a straightforward way, and is written with every member of the practice in mind. Topics covered include clinical guidelines, teamworking and achieving change.

Product Description: This book covers clinical aspects of common gynaecological conditions with particular emphasis on management in primary care. It is aimed at GPs, GP trainees and hospital gynaecology staff, as well as undergraduates. Very much a manual of clinical practice than a textbook, the book provides insight about the extent to which various conditions can be dealt with in primary care, and also explains typical reasons for referral to specialist clinics and further management...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: There are cl8OO CP trainees per year in the UK. This book spans the time from leaving hospital practice to taking the MRCGP. This book will be of value to the trainee throughout their traineeship, not just as an exam aid. It is a companion for doctors who are new to general practice - and explores the basic principles of general practice thus providing a framework upon which to build during the trainee period and beyond...read more

Product Description: This practical guide will help general practitioners who wish to carry out their own research. It is written in plain language and will take the reader through the entire research process from the initial idea to final publication...read more

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