Book Details
- Paperback: 472 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (April 8, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0195369858
- ISBN-13: 978-0195369854
Book Description
Highly acclaimed in its first two editions, Ian R. McWhinney's Textbook
of Family Medicine is one of the seminal texts in the field. While
many family medicine texts simply cover the disorders a practitioner
might see in clinical practice, McWhinney defines the principles and
practices of family medicine as a separate and distinct field of
practice. The initial sections cover basic principles and philosophies
of family medicine and a later section discusses approaches to common
diseases encountered in practice. The discussions not only address
these clinical problems, but each is a workshop for incorporating what
it means to be a family physician into everyday practice. The new
edition is updated throughout with help from a group of reviewers and a
new coauthor, Thomas Freeman, Chairman of the Department of Family
Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, where McWhinney is
Professor Emeritus.
