John Murtagh's General Practice

Part 1The basis of general practice

1The nature and content of general practice

2The family

3Consulting skills

4Communication skills

5Counselling skills

6Difficult, demanding and angry patients

7Palliative care

8The elderly patient

9Prevention in general practice

10Nutrition in health and illness

11Health promotion and dedication

12Pain and its management

13Whole person approach to management

14Travel and topical medicine

15Research and evidence-based medicine

16Laboratory investigations

Part 2Diagnostic perspective in general practice

17Inspection as a clinical skill

18A safe diagnostic strategy

19Genetic conditions

20Depression

21Diabetes mellitus:: diagnosis

22Drug problems

23Anaemia

24Thyroid and other endocrine disorders

25Spinal dysfunction

26Urinary tract infection

27Malignant disease

28HIV/AIDS - could it be HIV?

29Baffling viral and protozoal infections

30Baffling bacterial infections

31Chronic renal failure

32Connective tissue disorders and the vasculitides

33Neurological dilemmas

Part 3Problem solving in general practice

34Abdominal pain

35Arthritis

36Anorectal disorders

37Low back pain

38Thoracic back pain

39Bruising and bleeding

40Chest pain

41Constipation

42Cough

43Deafness and hearing loss

44Diarrhoea

45The disturbed patient

46Dizziness

47Dyspepsia (indigestion)

48Dysphagia

49Dyspnoea

50The painful ear

51The red and tender eye

52Pain in the face

53Fevers and chills

54Faints, fits and funny turns

55Haematemesis and melaena

56Headache

57Hoarseness

58Jaundice

59Nasal disorders

60Nausea and vomiting

61Neck lumps

62Neck pain

63Shoulder pain

64Pain in the arm and hand

65Hip and buttock pain

66Pain in the leg

67The painful knee

68Pain in the foot and ankle

69Walking difficulty

70Palpitations

71Sleep disorders

72Sore mouth and tongue

73Sore throat

74Tiredness

75The unconscious patient

76Urinary disorders

77Visual failure

78Weight gain

79Weight loss

Part 4Child and adolescent health

80An approach to the child

81Specific problems of children

82Surgical problems of children

83Common childhood infectious diseases (including skin eruptions)

84Behaviour disorders in children

85Child abuse

86Emergencies in children

87Adolescent health

Part 5Womens health

88Cervical cancer and Pap smears

89Family planning

90Breast pain (mastalgia)

91Lumps in the breast

92Abnormal uterine bleeding

93Lower abdominal and pelvic pain in women

94Premenstrual syndrome

95The menopause and osteoporosis

96Vaginal discharge

97Vulvar disorders

98Domestic violence and sexual assualt

99Basic antenatal care

100Infections in pregnancy

101High risk pregnancy

102Postnatal care

Part 6 Mens health

103Mens health:: an overview

104Scrotal pain

105Inguinoscrotal lumps

106Disorders of the penis

107Disorders of the prostrate

Part 7 Sexually related problems

108The subfertile couple

109Sexual health

110Sexually transmitted infections

Part 8 Problems of the skin

111A diagnostic and management approach to skin problems

112Pruritis

113Common skin problems

114Acute skin eruptions

115Skin ulcers

116Common lumps and bumps

117Pigmented skin lesions

118Hair disorders

119Nail disorders

Part 9Chronic disorder:: continuing management

120Alcohol problems

121Allergic disorders including hay fever

122Anxiety

123Asthma

124Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

125Epilepsy

126Hypertension

127Dyslipidaemia

128Diabetes mellitus:: management

129Chronic heart failure

Part 10Accident and emergency medicine

130Emergency care

131The doctors bag

132Stroke and transient ischaemic attacks

133Thrombosis and thromboembolism

134Common skin wounds and foreign bodies

135Common fractures and dislocations

136Common sporting injuries

Part 11Aboriginal health

137The health of Indigenous peoples

Appendices