Contents
I. Principles of Family Medicine 1
1.The Family Physician ¿ Robert E. Rakel 3

2. Developing Optimal Healing Environments in Fam. Med
¿Wayne B. Jonas and David A. Rakel 15

3. The Family¿s Influence on Health ¿ James H. Bray and Thomas L. Campbell 25
4. Psychosocial Influences on Health ¿ Syed M. Ahmed and Jeanne P. Lemkau 35

5. Practicing Biopsychosocial Medicine ¿ Joseph A. Lieberman, III and Marian R. Stuart 42

6. Domestic Violence: Elder Mistreatment, Intimate Partner Violence, Child Abuse, and Sexual
Assault¿ Scott S. Meit, Karen M. Fitzpatrick, and Joseph B. Selby 47

7. Care of the Elderly ¿ Gerald J. Jogerst and Jason K. Wilbur 67

8. Care of the Dying Patient ¿ Robert E. Rakel and C. Porter Storey 107

9. Ethics in Family Practice ¿ Warren L. Holleman and Baruch A. Brody 127


II. Family Medicine in the Community 137
10. The Periodic Health Examination ¿ Kenneth J. Grimm and Michelle M. Diebold 139

11. Preventive Health Care ¿ Janelle Guirguis-Blake, David Meyers, Renee Crichlow,
Jane E. Wilson, and Charles Carter 159

12. Evidence-Based Medicine¿ Bernard Ewigman 185

13. Interpreting the Medical Literature: Applying Evidence-Based Medicine in Practice ¿
Jeff Susman, Keith B. Holten, and Douglas R. Smucker 203

14. Electronic Health Records and Health Information Technology ¿ Bruce Bagley,
David Kibbe, and Louis Spikol 209

15. Clinical Problem Solving ¿ Gregory M. Garrison, Denise M. Dupras, Stephen P. Merry,
and Alan Smith 215

16. Compleimentary and Alternative Medicine: A New Dimension of Integrative Care ¿
Mary P. Guerrera 223

17. Herbs and Other Dietary Supplements ¿ J. Adam Rindfleisch and Bruce Barrett 243

III. Communication in Family Medicine 267
18. Establishing Rapport ¿ Robert E. Rakel 269

19. Patient Education ¿ Robert B. Kelly and Donna R. Falvo 285

20. Interviewing Techniques ¿ R. Hal Ritter, Jr., Michael D. Reis, and Terry G. Rascoe 293
IV. Practice of Family Medicine 303
21. Pharmacotherapeutic Management of Acute and Chronic Pain ¿Robert L. Barkin,
William A. Schwer 305

22. Infectious Diseases ¿D. Mayyhew Shoemaker, Peter P. Jiang,
Harold Williamson, Jr., and William E. Roland 317

23. Care of the Adult HIV-1-Infected Patient ¿ Joseph L. Halbach 353

24. Pulmonary Medicine ¿ George Rust 375

25. Otorhinolaryngology ¿ John G. O¿Handley, Evan J. Tobin, Bryant C. Tagge 413

26. Allergy ¿ Gregg Mitchell, Vivian Hernandez-Trujillo, and Phil Lieberman 463

27. Parasitology ¿ David A. Bedell and Robert E. Garrett 477
28. Travel Medicine ¿ Brian V. Reamy, Stephen P. Merry 491

29. Obstetrics ¿ Dave E. Williams and Gabriella Pridjian 497

30. Care of the Newborn ¿ Jennifer J. Buescher and Harold E. Bland
535

31. Growth and Development ¿ Sanford R. Kimmel and Karen Ratliff-Schaub 555

32. Childhood and Adolescence ¿ Christopher V. Chambers and Patrick C. McManus, Jr. 585

33. Behavioral Problems in Children and Adolescents ¿ Scott E. Moser, John F. Bober 611

34. Office Surgery ¿ Milton C. Chavez and Vijay K. Maker 627

35. Perioperative Care ¿ Louis A. Kazal, Jr., Anthony F. Valdini, and Jeffrey A. Clark 653

36. Gynecology ¿ Rebecca Williams and Gloria Elam 669

37. Contraception ¿ Jeffrey P. Levine, Sally A. Mravak, and Justine Wu 689

38. Interpretation of Electrocardiogram ¿ Carlos Vallbona 705

39. Cardiovascular Disease ¿ Peter P. Toth, Nicholas W. Shammas, Eric J. Dippel,
and Blair W. Foreman 735

40. Emergency Medicine ¿ Rachael J. M. Consoli 807

41. Sports Medicine ¿ Jonathan A. Drezner, Kimberly G. Harmon, and John W. O¿Kane 835

42. Orthopedics ¿ James L. Moeller and Mark R. Hutchinson 857
Back: Cerical and THoracolumbar Spine - Minal Patel and Krupa Shah 000

43. Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Problems ¿ Joseph W. Gravel, Jr., Douglas W. Comeau,
and Andrea Gordon 915

44. Dermatology ¿ Deborah S. Clements, Daniel Huritz, and David Kaplan 955

45. Diabetes Mellitus ¿, Louis F. Amorosa and David E. Swee 989

46. Endocrinology ¿Robert D. Sheeler, Robert A. Wermers, Robert T. Flinchbaugh,
Amie Haugo, Jill M. Ackerman, and Heather I. L. Shafer 1021

47. Obesity ¿ Gregory J. Anderson and Donald D. Hensrud 1075

48. Nutrition and Family Medicine¿ Mary Barth Noel, Margaret Thompson,
Willliam C. Wadland, and Jodi Summers Holtrop 1089

49. Gastroenterology ¿Joel J. Heidelbaugh, Erik-Jan Wamsteker, Perry G. Pernicano,
and Timothy T. Nosteant 1115

50. Oncology for the Primary Care Physician ¿ Josephine R. Fowler and Larry Culpepper 1173

51. Hematology ¿ Alan K. David and John W. Adamson 1191

52. Urinary Tract Disorders ¿ Charles Carter, James Stallworth, and Robert Holleman 1217

53. Ophthalmology ¿ Earl R. Crouch, Jr., Eric R. Crouch and Thomas R. Grant 1253

54. Neurology ¿ Bruce T. Vanderhoff and William E. Carroll 1283

55. Medical Human Sexuality in Family Medicine Practice ¿
A. Evan Eyler and Wendy S. Biggs 1335

56. Clinical Genetics ¿Nancy G. Steven, Philip Zazove, and Larry Sobels 1357

57. Anxiety Disorders ¿ Wayne Katon and John P. Geyman 1371

58. Depression ¿ David C. Agerter, Norman H. Rasmussen, and Bruce Sutor 1387

59. Crisis Intervention, Trauma, and Disasters ¿ Robert E. Feinstein and Reba K. Bindra 1399

60. Personality Disorders ¿ Robert E. Feinstein and Joseph V. Connelly 1411

61. The Somatic Patient ¿ Frank V. deGruy III 1427

62. Dementia ¿ David A. Smith and David A. Brechtelsbauer 1435

63. Alcohol Abuse ¿ Kevin Sherin and George Kaiser 1445

64. Nicotine Addiction ¿ Robert E. Rakel and Thomas Huston 1457
65. Substance Use Disorders ¿ Elizabeth Wilson, Sarah Lesko, and Lisa Pratt 1473
66. Interpreting Laboratory Tests ¿ Elizabeth A. Warner and Arthur H. Herold 1485
Appendices 1513
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