Oxford Handbook of General Practice

The well-loved Oxford Handbook of General Practice is a lifeline for busy GPs, medical students, and healthcare professionals. With hands-on advice from experienced practitioners, this essential handbook covers the entire breadth and depth of general practice in small sections that can be located, read, and digested in seconds. Now in its fifth edition, the Handbook has been fully revised to reflect the major new developments shaping general practice today.

Fully updated with the latest guidelines and protocols, this edition offers even more full colour diagrams and tables, and colour-coded chapters on general practice (green), clinical topics (purple), and emergencies (red). Covering the whole of general practice from practice management to hands-on advice dealing with acute medical emergencies, this comprehensive, rapid-reference text will ensure that everything you need to know is only a fingertip away.

Table of Contents

1: What is general practice?
2: Practice management
3: Consulting with patients
4: Social aspects of primary care
5: Medicines and prescribing
6: Minor surgery
7: Healthy living
8: Chronic disease and elderly care
9: Cardiology and vascular disease
10: Respiratory medicine
11: Endocrinology
12: Gastrointestinal medicine
13: Renal medicine and urology
14: Musculoskeletal problems
15: Neurology
16: Dermatology
17: Infectious disease
18: Haematology and immunology
19: Breast disease
20: Gynaecology
21: Sexual health and contraception
22: Pregnancy
23: Child health
24: Ear, nose, and throat
25: Ophthalmology
26: Mental health
27: Cancer care
28: Palliative care
29: Emergencies in general practice

Chantal Simon, General Practitioner, Banks and Bearwood Medical Practice, Bournemouth, Dorset, Hazel Everitt, Professor of Primary Care Research, School of Primary Care, Population Health and Medical Education, University of Southampton, Francoise van Dorp, General Practitioner, Brentford, Essex, Nazia Hussain, General Practitioner, Gwent, South Wales, Emma Nash, GP Partner, Westlands Medical Centre, Portchester and GP Lead for Mental Health, Fareham & Gosport and South Eastern Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Groups, and Danielle Peet, General Practitioner, Manchester