Main description:

The Handbook of Family Medicine is an essential guide for medical generalists working in an African context. This valuable educational resource is produced by the South African Academy of Family Physicians, and includes contributors from the Departments of Family Medicine in South Africa. The text is directed at undergraduate medical students and registrars, who are completing postgraduate training in family medicine, and is a useful resource for family
physicians, general practitioners, interns, medical officers, clinical associates, clinical nurse practitioners and allied health care workers in the primary care setting.

Contents:

Chapter 1 - A different context of care
Chapter 2 - The consulation
Chapter 3 - Family-orientated primary care
Chapter 4 - Core dimensions of primary care
Chapter 5 - An approach to common symptoms
Chapter 6 - Managing common conditions
Chapter 7 - Community orientated primary care: where is the doctor
Chapter 8 - Leadership and clinical governance
Chapter 9 - Developing the primary care team
Chapter 10 - Family medicine ethics
Chapter 11 - Evidence- based Family medicine