Murtagh's General Practice Companion Handbook (8th Edition)

Murtagh's General Practice
Companion Handbook, 8th Edition
John Murtagh, Clare Murtagh

John Murtagh’s General Practice is widely recognised as the gold standard reference for general practice and primary health care. Its emphasis on the importance of clinical reasoning, early diagnosis and treatment makes this the essential reference for medical students, trainees and general
practitioners.

Presented in alphabetical order and in a convenient pocket-sized format, John Murtagh’s General Practice Companion Handbook 8e summarises key
content from the main book. It is an accessible, trusted and portable source of information for medical students and experienced professionals. Updated features in this revised edition include: an emphasis on mental health; infectious diseases, including respiratory distress syndrome with reference to coronaviruses, including COVID-19; women’s health; and cardiology.

The revised companion includes several checklists, flow charts and diagrams that can be readily accessed by the busy practitioner. Examples include: BMI calculator, dermatomes, the mini-mental state examination, Snellen’s chart, heart failure and diabetes type 2 stepwise management, childhood infectious disease school exclusion times, ECG and respiratory function test pointers.

About the authors
John Murtagh is Emeritus Professor in General Practice at Monash University; Professional Fellow of General Practice at the University of Melbourne; and Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Graduate School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame.

Clare Murtagh is a general practitioner in Sydney. She holds postgraduate qualifications in Dermatology, Medical Education, and Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Published: Nov 2021 I ISBN: 9781743768266 
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