Infectious Diseases

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Making a Diagnosis in General Practice

   • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

   Pages 1-21

3. Immunization

   • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

   Pages 22-34

4. Self-care

   • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

   Pages 35-41

5. Respiratory Tract Infections

   • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

   Pages 42-69

6. Urinary Tract Infection

   • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

   Pages 70-86

7. Vaginal Discharge and Pelvic Infection

   • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

   Pages 87-98

8. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

   • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

   Pages 99-118

9. Gastrointestinal Infections

   • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

   Pages 119-135

10. Hepatitis; AIDS

    • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

    Pages 136-147

11. Central Nervous System Infections

    • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

    Pages 148-156

12. The Common Infectious Diseases

    • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

    Pages 157-182

13. Skin Infections

    • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

    Pages 183-200

14. Imported Infections

    • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

    Pages 201-218

15. Good Standards

    • D. Brooks, E. M. Dunbar

    Pages 219-229

16. Back Matter

    Pages 231-237

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DDDDDDDDDDDD Effective management logically follows accurate diagnosis. Such logic often is difficult to apply in practice. Absolute diagnostic accuracy may not be possible, particularly in the field of primary care, when management has to be on analysis of symptoms and on knowledge of the individual patient and family. This series follows that on Problems in Practice which was con­ cerned more with diagnosis in the widest sense and this series deals more definitively with general care and specific treatment of symp­ toms and diseases. Good management must include knowledge of the nature, course and outcome of the conditions, as well as prominent clinical features and assessment and investigations, but the em­ phasis is on what to do best for the patient. Family medical practitioners have particular difficu1ties and ad­ vantages in their work_ Because they often work in professional isolation in the community and deal with relatively small numbers of near-normal patients their experience with the more serious and more rare conditions is restricted. They find it difficult to remain up-to-date with medical advances and even more difficult to decide on the suitability and application of new and relatively untried methods compared with those that are 'old' and well proven. Their advantages are that because of long-term continuous care for their patients they have come to know them and their families FOREWORD well and are able to become familiar with the more common and less serious diseases of their communities.

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`The information is clearly laid out and well presented. The need for patient education and information is implicit throughout the book.'
Journal of the Institute of Health Education, Vol. 23 (3).

• Middleton, Manchester, UK

  D. Brooks

• Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, Monsall Hospital, Manchester, UK

  E. M. Dunbar

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