Oxford Handbook of Family Medicine

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. Learning objectives and mind maps, case studies, questions. Focus on the needs of family doctors in South Africa. Applicable to the training of clinical associates in primary health care and rural settings. Figures, diagrams and tables to make text easily accessible for rural doctors. Real life case studies. New to this Edition: Approaches to a wider range of symptoms and conditions seen. New ways of understanding the consultation and patientcentred communication. Core dimensions of effective primary care systems. The role of the family physician in leadership and clinical governance activities. New models and ideas for community orientated primary care. How to develop the primary care team through education and learning together. 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