General practice / Family medicine

This book describes in detail the specific aspects of ECG during childhood and adolescence, pursuing an accessible, didactic and easy-to-read approach.

This book provides a comprehensive view of rational suicide in the elderly, a group that has nearly twice the rate of suicide when chronically ill than any other demographic.

"e;The Textbook of Clinical Sexual Medicine utilizes the biopsychosocial approach to inform physicians, practitioners, residents, trainees, and students about the latest science has to offer today for the evaluation and treatment of sexual dysfunctions especially the utilization of the full armamentarium of assessment methods and treatment interventions in order to restore of sexual health and enhance quality of life.

This salient volume surveys the state of access to primary care and preventive health services by migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers across Europe.

This volume is a guide for the hospital workforce related to suicide prevention.

This thoughtful and timely book offers physicians and trainees a wide range of insights and strategies to help ensure not only a healthy lifestyle and sense of wellbeing but the best possible career in medicine as well.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major global public health problem, affecting nearly one in seven adults in the United States alone.

This book addresses the unique sociocultural and historical systems of oppression that have alienated African-American and other racial minority patients within the mental healthcare system.

This practical, insightful title is a must read for anyone interested in or recently appointed to a leadership role in an academic medical center.

Community health workers (CHWs) are an increasingly important member of the healthcare and public health professions who help build primary care capacity.

This concise text contains clinical cases covering different types of dysfunctional eating with a focus on the eating disorders in the DSM-5, including the new disorder Avoidant-Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).

This unique resource offers an in-depth, comprehensive look at different types of mental health needs of transgender and gender diverse youth, how these intersect with gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, and provides practical information on how to ethically, responsibly, and sensitively care for these patients.

This book informs and supports medical educators and clinic leaders regarding the key clinical and administrative components necessary to run an academic medical practice.

This book brings together findings from research and clinical practice, with comprehensive coverage of the important aspects of mental health in ageing persons with intellectual and developmental  disabilities.

Women are entering medical school in equal numbers as men, yet still face unique challenges in a profession where, overall, male physicians outnumber female physicians 3 to 1.

This evidence-to-practice volume deftly analyzes the processes and skills of integrating mental healthcare with primary care, using multiple perspectives to address challenges that often derail these joint efforts.

Finally, everything about ADHD in adolescents is in one place.

Providing a critical update and review of salient topics needed for the proper cardiac evaluation and care of athletes, this text is designed to be the most up-to-date and practical manual for all health care providers who evaluate and treat athletes, including sports cardiologists, general cardiologists, sports medicine specialists, team doctors and athletic trainers.

This book provides a global comprehensive and systematic state-of-the review of this field that fills the gaps between research, practice, and policy.

Lung cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer and remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.

This book is the result of reflections and work of the Specialty group on neurology in migrants of the World Federation of Neurology.

This ambitious resource presents an inventive approach to integrating pediatric and mental health care based in comprehensive, family-centered service delivery.

This text offers a new interpretation of the dramatic changes that occurred in women in medicine over the course of the last seventy years, starting from the 1950s when women physicians were a curiosity to the present day when their presence is accepted and their achievements are broadly acknowledged.

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the concepts vital to a modern treatment of common and opportunistic infections in the immunocompromised host.

This book provides a comprehensive, scholarly, and practical account of delirium that will be of value for all doctors and nurses involved in the care of the elderly.

Since psychiatric training in medical school is brief in duration (often 4-8 weeks only), and minimal to nonexistent in many residency programs, most primary care physicians are not adequately equipped to treat psychiatric disorders, despite the fact that this role promises a significant portion of the average physician's practice.

This book aims to be a single point of reference for advances in the care of geriatric populations across medical and surgical specialties.

This text uses cases  to illustrate differential diagnoses of various infectious diseases.

Die systemische Epidemiologie konzentriert sich in Bezug auf die Entstehung chronischer Erkrankungen weniger auf die Erfassung einzelner Risikofaktoren, z.

Doctors, patients, investigators, administrators, and policymakers who assign diagnoses assume three elements: the name describes an entity with conceptual or evidentiary boundaries, the person setting the name has a high degree of certainty, and the name has a consensus definition.

This book tells true and poignant stories from both sides of the physician-patient/parent relationship and provides a unique glimpse into how parents and physicians think, feel, and interact.

This book is an unbiased scientific compendium documenting the state-of-the-art in the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of Cannabis Use Disorders (CUD).

The field of musculoskeletal ultrasound has rapidly advanced in the past several years.

This unique trainer's resource offers a comprehensive blueprint for preparing clinicians for practice in the changing and challenging environment of integrated care.

Depression is the leading cause of disability in the United States, and the traditional framework for managing depression within a psychiatry practice-i.

Building on the foundation of the previous edition, this book takes readers to the next level of management of medical practices for the 21st century.

The abuse of drugs and chemicals has become a problematic public health dilemma for the world's population and one that must be dealt with by parents, societies, clinicians, researchers, and even countries in the world.

Primary care providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants) make decisions on a daily basis regarding treatment for musculoskeletal problems, including referrals to orthopedic surgeons and other specialists.

Psychodermatology is a relatively new field in evolution and thus, there is a comparative paucity of information in general.

Is the reporting of medical errors changing?

This book provides a practical and secure guide through the complexity of Autoimmune Diagnostics and Diagnostic Pathways.

This first-of-its-kind text provides a comprehensive presentation and review of the unique aspects of adaptive sports medicine and adaptive athletes, who are increasingly active and prominent, not only individually and in local leagues and organizations but also in larger settings like the Paralympics.

This book comprehensively and critically discusses chronicity as a crucial challenge for the future of medicine in an era of aging populations and the steady growth of non-communicable comorbidities.