Family Practice Guidelines, Fourth Edition

This bible of family practice for primary care students and clinicians provides current national practice guidelines for professional standards of care across the lifespan. The fourth edition is updated to include new evidence-based guidelines for rheumatology, public health (featuring updated information on substance abuse, violence, obesity, homelessness, and lesbian health), the sport physical exam and interventions, endocrinology, the 2015 Beers Criteria, new CDC recommendations for health maintenance, PTSD assessment and management, Restless Leg Syndrome, sexual dysfunction treatment, and psychiatric disorders. Several new and updated patient teaching guides—with printable education points--add to the book’s outstanding utility as a thorough and reliable clinical resource.