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SPRINGER PUBLISHING COMPANY Family Practice Guidelines 5/e by Cheryl A. Glass Jenny Mullen Jill C. Cash
This bible of family practice for primary care clinicians and students provides current national practice guidelines for professional standards of care across the life span. Concise and clearly organized this resource features detailed step-by-step instructions for physical examinations and diagnostic testing in the outpatient setting information on health promotion care guidelines dietary information information on culturally responsive care patient resources and abundant patient-education handouts. Now in color with abundant images and illustrations this fifth edition features thoroughly updated guidelines and recommendations to reflect latest in practice as well as many new guidelines. Each of the diagnoses includes definition incidence pathogenesis predisposing factors common complaints signs/symptoms subjective data physical exam and diagnostic tests differential diagnosis and a care plan.Key Features:Presents information for disorders in consistent format for ease of useHighlights key considerations with Practice PointersProvides individual care points for pediatric pregnant and geriatric patientsIncludes 138 printable Patient Teaching GuidesOffers 18 procedure guidelines and routine health maintenance guidelinesFeatures appendices that provide guidelines on normal lab values special diets Tanners Sexual Maturity Stages and teethPurchase includes access to the eBook for use on most mobile devices or computersshow more