Essential Primary Care

Andrew Blythe is a General Practitioner at Gaywood House Surgery, Bristol, and Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Bristol. Jessica Buchan is a General Practitioner and a Teaching Fellow, University of Bristol.

• contributors viiiForeword ixPreface xHow to use your textbook xiAbout the companion website xiiPart 1: The key features of primary care1 The structure and organisation of primary care 3Andrew Blythe2 The GP consultation 10Jessica Buchan3 Making a diagnosis 22Barbara Laue4 Prescribing 30Andrew Blythe5 The interface with secondary care 42Sarah Jahfar6 The everyday ethics of primary care 50Trevor ThompsonPart 2: Healthy living and disease prevention7 Behaviour change 59Jessica Buchan8 Alcohol and drug misuse 68Andrew Blythe9 Preventing cardiovascular disease 77Andrew Blythe10 Caring for people with learning disabilities 85Andrew BlythePart 3: Common presenting problems11 Tiredness 95Andrew BlytheChildhood12 Child health in primary care 111Jessica Buchan13 Managing the feverish and ill child in primary care 120Alastair Hay, Lucy Jenkins and Jessica Buchan14 Managing common conditions in infancy 134Jessica Buchan15 Managing chronic conditions in childhood 139Lucy Jenkins, Alastair Hay, Matthew Ridd and Jessica Buchan16 Teenage and young]adult health 147Jessica Buchan and David KesslerEarly adulthood17 Respiratory tract infections 157Lucy Jenkins18 Low back pain 163Jessica Buchan19 Heartburn and dyspepsia 170Jessica Buchan20 Diarrhoea and rectal bleeding 177Andrew Blythe21 Common skin conditions 184Matthew Ridd22 Headache 194Andrew Blythe23 Fits, faints and funny turns 201Andrew Blythe24 Depression, anxiety and self]harm 210David Kessler25 Sexual health and dysuria 219Lucy Jenkins26 Menstrual problems, contraception and termination of pregnancy 231Jessica Buchan27 Pregnancy 241Jessica Buchan28 Domestic violence and abuse 254Gene FederMiddle and old age29 Cardiovascular disease 265Andrew Blythe30 Breathlessness 275Jessica Buchan31 Joint pains and stiffness 287Andrew Blythe32 Urinary problems and prostate disease 294Simon Thornton33 The menopause 302Jessica Buchan34 Multimorbidity and polypharmacy 307Polly Duncan and Andrew Blythe35 Falls and fragility fractures 314Andrew Blythe36 Visual and hearing loss 322Andrew Blythe37 Dementia 331Andrew BlythePart 4: Cancer38 Spotting patients with cancer 343Andrew Blythe39 Looking after patients with cancer 352Andrew BlythePart 5: Palliative care and death40 Palliative care and death 361Andrew BlytheIndex 371