Recent Advances in Primary Care - RCGP book launch

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Article Date: 14 Feb 2005 - 11:00 PDT


The Royal College of General Practitioners' (RCGP) has issued a new book exploring the changing face of family medicine and its impact on general practitioners.

Recent Advances in Primary Care, is co-edited by RCGP Chairman Mayur Lakhani and Dr Rodger Charlton. It aims to be a 'one stop' guide to the latest developments in the fast changing world of general practice. The compendium style book offers the most up-to-date information on new health care policies and initiatives, together with advice on moral principles and complex ethical dilemmas.

Featuring a range of experts and GPs, the book is broken down into fundamental areas of family medicine from pregnancy care and mental health to paediatrics and respiratory medicine. Also included is up-to-the-minute guidance on new treatments and emerging conditions based on the latest evidence, designed to provide busy GPs and their health teams with key information at their fingertips.

Mayur Lakhani, RCGP Chairman, said: 'As a practising GP I know how hard it can be to keep up-to-date with a generalist discipline. The pace of progress in primary care is breathtaking which is why being armed with the right knowledge can make the difference between an excellent outcome and a poor one. The purpose of this book is to offer a single source for busy GPs to easily access key advances as identified by experts in the field.'

Contents - Recent Advances in Primary Care
Edited by Dr Mayur Lakhani & Dr Rodger Charlton

v Forewords

ix Preface

xiii About the authors

Chapter 1 | 1 Primary Care Health Policy
Nigel Starey

Chapter 2 | 23 Health Care Ethics
Ann Orme-Smith

Chapter 3 | 41 Screening
Muir Gray

Chapter 4 | 57 The GP and Pregnancy Care
Lindsay F P Smith

Chapter 5 | 81 Paediatrics
Anthony Harnden

Chapter 6 | 93 Women's Health
Sarah Jarvis

Chapter 7 | 109 Sexual Health
Anna Graham

Chapter 8 | 127 Diabetes Mellitus
A M Farooqi, L S Levene

Chapter 9 | 155 Cardiology
Tom Fahey, Knut Schroeder

Chapter 10 | 173 Respiratory Medicine
Hilary Pinnock

Chapter 11 | 197 Gastrointestinal Diseases
R Chaudhary, S Ghosh
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Chapter 12 | 223 Neurology
Leone Ridsdale, Andrew Dowson, Greg Rogers

Chapter 13 | 239 Musculoskeletal Disorders
Graham Davenport

Chapter 14 | 273 Mental Health
Alan Cohen

Chapter 15 | 289 Older People
Steve Iliffe, Danielle Harari, Cameron Swift

Chapter 16 | 305 Cancer
David Weller

Chapter 17 | 331 Palliative Care
Christina Faull, Alex Nicholson

Chapter 18 | 353 Nursing
Rosemary Cook

371 Index

For more information and review copies, please contact Naomi Coleman on 020 7344 3135 or email press@rcgp.org.uk. Out of hours contact number 07885 958 632.

The Royal College of General Practitioners is the largest membership organisation in the United Kingdom solely for GPs. It aims to encourage and maintain the highest standards of general medical practice and to act as the "voice" of GPs on issues concerned with education, training, research and clinical standards. Founded in 1952, the RCGP has over 22,100 members who are committed to improving patient care, developing their own skills and promoting general practice as a discipline. http://www.rcgp.org.uk

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