Fundamentals of Clinical Practice

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

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.

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

"Fundamentals of Clinical Practice fills a most important niche in medical education. At a time when the quality of physician skills are in question, this text provides a solid foundation in all aspects of excellent clinical practice. If every medical student used this textbook, the quality of the physician-patient relationship would improve greatly. Every medical school should use this resource for early clinical education."
(Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH, Dean, College of Medicine, Florida State University)
"Fundamentals of Clinical Practice (second edition) aims to provide an introduction to patient care, and clinical thinking, for the novice clinician. Each chapter is structured around a consistent format that lays out educational objectives, basic principles, and specific examples of the application of those principles through patient stories. The format makes it easy for the browser to flip through chapters of interest; the stories draw the browser in for a closer look. The book is a nice balance of the theoretical and the applied. It achieves its goal for beginning clinicians, and offers a satisfying refresher for more experienced clinicians."
(Richard G. Roberts, MD, JD, Professor of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School)

• St. Louis University, St. Louis

  Mark B. Mengel

• Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

  Warren L. Holleman

• Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland

  Scott A. Fields

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