Textbook of Family Medicine [Hardcover]

Ian R. McWhinney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0195115171 | ISBN-13: 978-0195115178 | Edition: 2

This text defines and conceptualizes the field of family medicine. The book has been extensively revised; much new material has been added on the patient-centered clinical method, illness narratives, the biological basis of family medicine, health promotion, the concept of risk, and the contribution of evidence-based medicine. A new chapter on alternative (complementary) medicine fills the need for reliable information on this topic.

Editorial Reviews

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Praise for the previous edition:

"The best description and analysis of family medicine's clinical methods to date and thus would be highly useful for medical students being introduced to the discipline of family medicine. Family practice residents and practitioners would also clearly benefit from McWhinney's lucid style, his integration of recent family medicine research, and his outstanding description of the patient-oriented approach."--Journal of Family Practice

"McWhinney provides a philosophical and scientific rationale for the generalist physician and develops a patient-centered clinical method for meeting the public's needs. With its enriching literary examples, this insightful and well written text is enjoyable to read."--Annals of Internal Medicine

"It is rare to be able to recommend a book to doctors at all stages of their careers, but this is such a book. It will give the trainee an insight into the subtleties of general practice, and the established general practitioner will find a new enthusiasm for his or her work. I would describe this as a textbook for the 90s, combining the exciting developments in general practice over the last 30 years and succeeding in one book in bringing together the spectrum from Bayes to Balint...A refreshing and informative read."--Family Practice

About the Author

Ian R. McWhinney is at University of Western Ontario.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (January 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195115171
• ISBN-13: 978-0195115178
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,526,477 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars THE Textbook of Family Medicine, April 5, 2011

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This book has been a treasure for as long as it has been in print, through multiple updates. It contains some of the most important and fundamental philosophy of generalism and a perspective that is both specific, through cases and topics, and universal. I have given it to many people over the years from countries that are trying to understand general practice/family medicine as the one book that they will use as clinicians and teachers.

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3.0 out of 5 stars I didn't receive, October 22, 2009

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Leonardo Canc M. Savassi "Lsavassi" (Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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I did not receive the product untill now, day october 22. Not even a simple notification. Sorry. I'm still waiting. Brazillian Consumer