"Topics in Primary Care Medicine" ed. by Thomas F. Heston

This book reviews eight topics including chronic medical issues like chronic fatigue syndrome, the response of primary care clinicians to global pandemics, and how patients and physicians are symbolized in comics. From top experts in the field, this book will improve your ability to practice primary care and to appreciate the broad demands placed upon primary care clinicians.

The medical specialty of primary care addresses the basic and fundamental healthcare needs of individuals, the family, and the larger community. Its reach starts at pre-conception and extends to global health and medical issues. Primary care issues include chronic medical problems, surgery, and community-wide health threats such as worldwide global pandemics, terrorism in all of its forms, and domestic violence.


Contents
1. Self-Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Adolescents
2. Minor Surgery in Primary Care
3. Approach to Chronic Urticaria from Primary Care and Emergency Services: Case Reports in Spain
4. Cultural Adaptation of a Cardiovascular Health Education Program among Hypertensive Primary Care Patients from Rural Nigeria
5. Visual Disability and Causes of Preventable Blindness
6. Role of Primary Health Care System in Response to a Major Incident: Challenges and Actions
7. Pharmacoeconomical Impacts of Crohn’s Disease
8. Visual Pathologies: The Semiotics of the Patient and the Practitioner in Comics


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