Manual of Family Practice
Editor: Robert B Taylor
According to the preface, there are 206 people who have contributed to this book and there is a huge range of topics of interest to the primary care physician. For example there is a section on fatigue, an area that commonly presents to GPs and yet few textbooks devote much space to this area.
The book itself is compact enough to sit on a desk, as the dimensions are roughly similar to the BNF. Yet like the BNF, it contains a vast array of information that is applicable to front line daily practice.
The price is competitive and the only real drawback is that this is an American book and so is very much slanted to American based primary care. Take Page 5 which states that all children at the age of 1 year should have a blood test for lead and children aged between 6 months and 6 years should be appraised via a questionnaire for exposure to lead.
Accepting the fact that a reader can spot issues that are specific to US based practice, this book is a little gem and ideal for being a desk based handy reference source. In particular this book specialises in reviewing a topic, succinctly enough for a rapid read. There are not many general reviews of primary care medical problems around and this one is certainly worth a look.
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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| Second Edition (2002)
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| ISBN: 0-7817-2639-5
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| Month of review: | January 2002
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