Absolute diagnostic accuracy may not be possible, particularly in the field of primary care, when management has to be on analyis of symptoms and on knowledge of the individual patient and family.
An impressive amount of work, experimental, statistical and "observa tional" or "phenomenological" has been done in psychiatry during the past 30 to 40 years. We would like as... Læs mere
This book is written for the clinician who cares for adult patients with organic mental disease-with dysfunction of the brain producing mental symptoms. " With a few exceptions,... Læs mere
The need to improve maternal and child health care may be the most important global health need of the remaining years of the twentieth century.
As a young general practitioner new to the field I recall how stimulated and excited I was by reading Dr John W. He became one of my medical heroes to add to John... Læs mere
This series of books is designed to help general practitioners. they are written by specialists working at district general hospitals. Within the series much practical and... Læs mere
The topics chosen for discussion represent the most common problems referred by family doctors to chest clinics. A similar change of attitude to the management of chronic bronchitis brought many new patients to the chest clinics in place of the vanishing tuberculous population.
Over several years working in a district general hospital as a physician with a cardiological interest, the common problems in this field are clearer. It may prove of value to... Læs mere
Part one of the book presents the gastrointestinal problems that commonly face the general practitioner. It was possible to deal with common oesophageal diseases under the heading of oeso phageal problems in Part 1.
This book contains a consensus on menopause research, a consensus reached during the First International Congress on the Menopause in June, 1976.