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<p>contributors viii</p> <p>Foreword ix</p> <p>Preface x</p> <p>How to use your textbook xi</p> <p>About the companion website xii</p> <p><b>Part 1: The key features of primary care</b></p> <p>1 The structure and organisation of primary care 3<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>2 The GP consultation 10<br /><i>Jessica Buchan</i></p> <p>3 Making a diagnosis 22<br /><i>Barbara Laue</i></p> <p>4 Prescribing 30<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>5 The interface with secondary care 42<br /><i>Sarah Jahfar</i></p> <p>6 The everyday ethics of primary care 50<br /><i>Trevor Thompson</i></p> <p><b>Part 2: Healthy living and disease prevention</b></p> <p>7 Behaviour change 59<br /><i>Jessica Buchan</i></p> <p>8 Alcohol and drug misuse 68<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>9 Preventing cardiovascular disease 77<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>10 Caring for people with learning disabilities 85<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p><b>Part 3: Common presenting problems</b></p> <p>11 Tiredness 95<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p><b>Childhood</b></p> <p>12 Child health in primary care 111<br /><i>Jessica Buchan</i></p> <p>13 Managing the feverish and ill child in primary care 120<br /><i>Alastair Hay, Lucy Jenkins and Jessica Buchan</i></p> <p>14 Managing common conditions in infancy 134<br /><i>Jessica Buchan</i></p> <p>15 Managing chronic conditions in childhood 139<br /><i>Lucy Jenkins, Alastair Hay, Matthew Ridd and Jessica Buchan</i></p> <p>16 Teenage and young?]adult health 147<br /><i>Jessica Buchan and David Kessler</i></p> <p><b>Early adulthood</b></p> <p>17 Respiratory tract infections 157<br /><i>Lucy Jenkins</i></p> <p>18 Low back pain 163<br /><i>Jessica Buchan</i></p> <p>19 Heartburn and dyspepsia 170<br /><i>Jessica Buchan</i></p> <p>20 Diarrhoea and rectal bleeding 177<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>21 Common skin conditions 184<br /><i>Matthew Ridd</i></p> <p>22 Headache 194<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>23 Fits, faints and funny turns 201<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>24 Depression, anxiety and self?]harm 210<br /><i>David Kessler</i></p> <p>25 Sexual health and dysuria 219<br /><i>Lucy Jenkins</i></p> <p>26 Menstrual problems, contraception and termination of pregnancy 231<br /><i>Jessica Buchan</i></p> <p>27 Pregnancy 241<br /><i>Jessica Buchan</i></p> <p>28 Domestic violence and abuse 254<br /><i>Gene Feder</i></p> <p><b>Middle and old age</b></p> <p>29 Cardiovascular disease 265<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>30 Breathlessness 275<br /><i>Jessica Buchan</i></p> <p>31 Joint pains and stiffness 287<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>32 Urinary problems and prostate disease 294<br /><i>Simon Thornton</i></p> <p>33 The menopause 302<br /><i>Jessica Buchan</i></p> <p>34 Multimorbidity and polypharmacy 307<br /><i>Polly Duncan and Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>35 Falls and fragility fractures 314<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>36 Visual and hearing loss 322<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>37 Dementia 331<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p><b>Part 4: Cancer</b></p> <p>38 Spotting patients with cancer 343<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>39 Looking after patients with cancer 352<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p><b>Part 5: Palliative care and death</b></p> <p>40 Palliative care and death 361<br /><i>Andrew Blythe</i></p> <p>Index 371</p>

<strong>Andrew Blythe</strong> is a General Practitioner at Gaywood House Surgery, Bristol, and Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Bristol. <p><strong>Jessica Buchan</strong> is a General Practitioner and a Teaching Fellow, University of Bristol.

<p><i>Essential Primary Care</i> aims to provide undergraduate students with a comprehensive overview of the clinical problems encountered in primary care. It covers the structure of primary care in the UK, disease prevention and the management of common and important clinical presentations from infancy to old age. Case studies are used in every chapter to illustrate key learning points. The book provides practical advice on how to consult with patients, make sense of their symptoms, explain things to them, and manage their problems.<br /><br /><i>Essential Primary Care:</i> <br />• Is structured in five sections:<br />- The building blocks of primary care: its structure and connection with secondary care, the consultation, the process of making a diagnosis, prescribing, and ethical issues<br />- Health promotion<br />- Common and important presenting problems in roughly chronological order<br />- Cancer<br />- Death and palliative care<br />• Gives advice on how to phrase questions when consulting with patients and how to present information to patients<br />• Provides advice on how management extends to prescribing - often missing from current textbooks<br />• Contains case studies within each chapter which reflect the variety of primary care and provide top tips and advice for consulting with patients<br />• Supported by a companion website at www.wileyessential.com/primarycare featuring MCQs, EMQs, cases and OSCE checklists</p>

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