Family Practice Guidelines, Fourth Edition

This comprehensive bible of family practice for primary care students and clinicians provides current national practice guidelines for professional standards of care across the life span.

With detailed, step-by-step instructions for physical examinations and diagnostic testing in the outpatient setting, this resource covers health promotion, care guidelines, dietary information, culturally responsive care, patient resources, and abundant patient education handouts.

The fourth edition is updated with new evidence-based guidelines for rheumatology, public health, sports physical exam and interventions, endocrinology, CDC recommendations for health maintenance, PTSD assessment and management, restless legs syndrome, sexual dysfunction treatment, and psychiatric disorders.

Each of the 268 diagnoses includes definition, incidence, pathogenesis, predisposing factors, common complaints, signs/symptoms, subjective data, physical exam and diagnostic tests, differential diagnosis, and a care plan.

This book is an invaluable resource for primary care students and clinicians seeking to provide high-quality, evidence-based care to their patients.