A staple of family medicine training for 30 years, Essentials of Family Medicine offers a comprehensive introduction to this specialty designed just for clerkship students. Covering principles of family medicine, preventive care, and a full range of common ambulatory care problems, it provides all the guidance you need to succeed on a clinical rotation in family medicine.
This 7th Edition features many significant changes, including a new, stronger focus on the hands-on “how-tos” of family medicine…a great deal of new coverage related to direct care, the context of care, and community medicine…input from a new Student Advisory Board to ensure the practicality and utility of the content… and many other key updates to keep Essentials of Family Medicine as relevant as possible for today’s practice. You’ll appreciate its user-friendly writing style, focus on common clinical problems, and use of case studies to illustrate
