Pulmonary Medicine
Chapter 18 Pulmonary Medicine George Rust, Gloria Westney Chapter contents Lung Disease in Primary Care 261 Smoking and Other Risk Factors for Lung Disease 261 Diagnostic Tools in Pulmonary Medicine…
Endocrinology
Chapter 35 Endocrinology George Wilson, Arshag Mooradian, Irene Alexandraki, George Samrai Pituitary Disorders 756 Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis 756 Approach to Pituitary Disease 757 Hypopituitarism 757 Hyperfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas 761 Acromegaly and…
Establishing Rapport
Chapter 12 Establishing Rapport Robert E. Rakel Chapter contents Respect 147 Patient Satisfaction 147 Patient Dissatisfaction 148 Communication 148 Verbal Communication 148 Nonverbal Communication 149 Paralanguage 149 Hidden or Masked…
Medical Human Sexuality
Chapter 43 Medical Human Sexuality Wendy S. Biggs Chapter contents Overview 1000 Sexual Self-Concept 1000 Models of Human Sexual Response 1000 Initial Evaluation of Sexual Problems 1000 Female Sexual Dysfunction…
Hematology
Chapter 39 Hematology Alan K. David Chapter contents Overview 877 Hematopoiesis: Regulation of Cellular Elements of Blood 877 Disorders of Red Blood Cells 878 Anemia 879 Polycythemia 887 Myeloproliferative Disorders…
Interpreting the Medical Literature: Applying Evidence-Based Medicine in Practice
Chapter 8 Interpreting the Medical Literature Applying Evidence-Based Medicine in Practice Jeff Susman, Bernard Ewigman, Keith B. Holten, Douglas R. Smucker Chapter contents Building Clinical Evidence from Published Research 112…
Difficult Patients: Personality Disorders and Somatoform Complaints
Chapter 46 Difficult Patients Personality Disorders and Somatoform Complaints Robert E. Feinstein, Frank Verloin deGruy, III Chapter contents Personality Style vs. Personality Disorder 1038 Classification 1038 Personality Disorders 1038 Unexplained…
Care of the Newborn
Chapter 22 Care of the Newborn Jennifer J. Buescher, Harold Bland Chapter contents Preconception and Intrapartum Health 402 Preconception Counseling 402 Transition from Fetus to Newborn 403 Circulatory Changes 404…
Nicotine Addiction
Chapter 50 Nicotine Addiction Robert E. Rakel, Thomas Houston Chapter contents Overview 1105 Health Risks Associated with Smoking 1106 Cancer 1106 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 1110 Cardiovascular Disease 1111…
