Table of Contents

1 Introduction
Part I Principles of Family Medicine
Chapter 1 The Family Physician
Chapter 2 Promoting Optimal Healing in Family Medicine
Chapter 3 The Family’s Influence on Health
Chapter 4 Psychosocial Influences on Health
Chapter 5 Practicing Biopsychosocial Medicine
Chapter 6 Domestic Violence: Child Abuse, Rape, Spouse Abuse, and Elder Abuse
Chapter 7 Care of the Elderly
Chapter 8 Care of the Dying Patient
Chapter 9 Ethics in Family Practice
Part II Family Medicine in the Community
Chapter 10 Periodic Health Examination
Chapter 11 Preventive Health Care
Chapter 12 Evidence-Based Medicine
Chapter 13 Interpreting the Literature
Chapter 14 Electronic Medical Record
Chapter 15 Clinical Problem Solving
Chapter 16 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Techniques
Chapter 17 Herbs and Supplemental Therapy
Part III Communication in Family Medicine
Chapter 18 Establishing Rapport
Chapter 19 Patient Education
Chapter 20 Interviewing Techniques
Part IV Practice of Family Medicine
Chapter 21 Pain Management
Chapter 22 Infectious Diseases
Chapter 23 Care of the Adult HIV–1–Infected Patient
Chapter 24 Pulmonary Medicine
Chapter 25 Otolaryngology
Chapter 26 Allergy
Chapter 27 Parasitology
Chapter 28 Travel Medicine
Chapter 29 Obstetrics
Chapter 30 Care of the Newborn
Chapter 31 Growth and Devlopment
Chapter 32 Childhood and Adolescence
Chapter 33 Behavioral Problems in Children and Adolescents
Chapter 34 Office Surgery
Chapter 35 Perioperative Care
Chapter 36 Gynecology
Chapter 37 Contraception
Chapter 38 Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram
Chapter 39 Cardiovascular Disease
Chapter 40 Emergency Medicine
Chapter 41 Sports Medicine
Chapter 42 Orthopedics
Chapter 43 Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Problems
Chapter 44 Dermatology
Chapter 45 Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 46 Endocrinology
Chapter 47 Obesity
Chapter 48 Nutrition
Chapter 49 Gastroenterology
Chapter 50 Oncology
Chapter 51 Hematology
Chapter 52 Urinary Tract Disorders
Chapter 53 Ophthalmology
Chapter 54 Neurology
Chapter 55 Sexual Health Care
Chapter 56 Clinical Genetics (Genomics)
Chapter 57 Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 58 Depression
Chapter 59 Crisis Intervention
Chapter 60 Personality Disorders
Chapter 61 Somatic Patient
Chapter 62 Dementia
Chapter 63 Alcohol Abuse
Chapter 64 Nicotine Addiction
Chapter 65 Abuse of Controlled Substances
Chapter 66 Interpreting Laboratory Tests
Answer Key