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This book is suitable for General Practitioners, Family Practitioners, Internists, Residents, and Medical Students. The new full-color presentation includes more than 100 color clinical photographs. The six new chapters and all content has been thoroughly updated throughout.Contents: Part 1 The basis of general practice1 The nature and content of general practice2 The family3 Consulting skills4 Communication skills5 Counselling skills6 Difficult, demanding and angry patients7 Palliative care8 The elderly patient9 Prevention in general practice10 Nutrition in health and illness11 Health promotion and dedication12 Pain and its management13 Whole person approach to management14 Travel and topical medicine15 Research and evidence-based medicine16 Laboratory investigationsPart 2 Diagnostic perspective in general practice17 Inspection as a clinical skill18 A safe diagnostic strategy19 Genetic conditions20 Depression21 Diabetes mellitus: diagnosis22 Drug problems23 Anaemia24 Thyroid and other endocrine disorders25 Spinal dysfunction26 Urinary tract infection27 Malignant disease28 HIV/AIDS - could it be HIV?29 Baffling viral and protozoal infections30 Baffling bacterial infections31 Chronic renal failure32 Connective tissue disorders and the vasculitides33 Neurological dilemmasPart 3 Problem solving in general practice34 Abdominal pain35 Arthritis36 Anorectal disorders37 Low back pain38 Thoracic back pain39 Bruising and bleeding40 Chest pain 41 Constipation42 Cough43 Deafness and hearing loss44 Diarrhoea45 The disturbed patient46 Dizziness47 Dyspepsia (indigestion)48 Dysphagia49 Dyspnoea50 The painful ear51 The red and tender eye52 Pain in the face53 Fevers and chills54 Faints, fits and funny turns55 Haematemesis and melaena56 Headache57 Hoarseness58 Jaundice59 Nasal disorders60 Nausea and vomiting61 Neck lumps62 Neck pain63 Shoulder pain64 Pain in the arm and hand65 Hip and buttock pain66 Pain in the leg67 The painful knee68 Pain in the foot and ankle69 Walking difficulty70 Palpitations71 Sleep disorders72 Sore mouth and tongue73 Sore throat74 Tiredness75 The unconscious patient76 Urinary disorders77 Visual failure78 Weight gain79 Weight lossPart 4 Child and adolescent health80 An approach to the child81 Specific problems of children82 Surgical problems of children83 Common childhood infectious diseases (including skin eruptions)84 Behaviour disorders in children85 Child abuse86 Emergencies in children87 Adolescent healthPart 5 Women's health88 Cervical cancer and Pap smears89 Family planning90 Breast pain (mastalgia)91 Lumps in the breast92 Abnormal uterine bleeding93 Lower abdominal and pelvic pain in women94 Premenstrual syndrome95 The menopause and osteoporosis96 Vaginal discharge97 Vulvar disorders98 Domestic violence and sexual assualt99 Basic antenatal care100 Infections in pregnancy101 High risk pregnancy102 Postnatal carePart 6 Men's health103 Men's health: an overview104 Scrotal pain105 Inguinoscrotal lumps106 Disorders of the penis107 Disorders of the prostratePart 7 Sexually related problems108 The subfertile couple 109 Sexual health110 Sexually transmitted infectionsPart 8 Problems of the skin111 A diagnostic and management approach to skin problems112 Pruritis113 Common skin problems114 Acute skin eruptions115 Skin ulcers116 Common lumps and bumps117 Pigmented skin lesions118 Hair disorders119 Nail disordersPart 9 Chronic disorder: continuing management120 Alcohol problems121 Allergic disorders including hay fever122 Anxiety123 Asthma124 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease125 Epilepsy126 Hypertension127 Dyslipidaemia128 Diabetes mellitus: management129 Chronic heart failurePart 10 Accident and emergency medicine130 Emergency care131 The doctor's bag132 Stroke and transient ischaemic attacks133 Thrombosis and thromboembolism134 Common skin wounds and foreign bodies135 Common fractures and dislocations136 Common sporting injuriesPart 11 Aboriginal health137 The health of Indigenous peoples