About the Book
Two titles from the bestselling Oxford Medical Handbooks series are now available in this great value pack. Fully revised to reflect the new changes to the GP contract and the GP curriculum, this fourth edition of the best-selling Oxford Handbook of General Practice is a practical guide to all aspects of general practice; from vital clinical information, to valuable practical guidance from experienced GPs. This is the essential guide for all those working in general practice. Comprehensively covering everything a doctor needs to work in, or manage a GP practice, this handbook ensures readers are always up-to-date with the latest guidelines, the most recent protocols, and cutting-edge clinical information. With concise, bullet-point information the chapters are now colour-coded to ensure the reader can find vital emergency or clinical information without delay. With new full colour photographs added to the chapters on dermatology and ophthalmology. Fully illustrated, and packed with even more figures, diagrams, management boxes, and tables to improve ease-of-reference, the reader will always have the vital information they need at their fingertips. Fully revised and updated for the second edition, with a new section on the older patient and expanded advice on physiotherapy and rehabilitation programmes, this second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Sport and Exercise Medicine is an indispensable companion for any professional working in sport and exercise medicine. Sport medicine is an evolving discipline. This handbook brings together the common problems and diagnoses with a focused summary of the latest strategies, management plans, and evidence-based protocols. Authored by leading figures in sport and exercise medicine, this handbook is specially designed to cover the curriculum for postgraduate sport and exercise medicine exams. It presents the core knowledge in a concentrated and concise format. Arranged by system, it focuses on the needs of the patient and offers an immediate guide to all aspects of diagnosis and treatment, exercise benefits, and epidemiology. Practical, accessible, and clinically based, this is the single global handbook for the undergraduate, postgraduate or experienced specialist.
About the Author:
Chantal Simon, General Practitioner, Banks and Bearwood Medical Practice, Bournemouth, Dorset and Executive Editor of InnovAiT, Hazel Everitt, Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care, Southampton University, Francoise van Dorp, General Practitioner, , Matthew Burke, GP Registrar, Flansham Park Health Centre, Bognor Regis, UK Domhnall MacAuley is a specialist in sport and exercise medicine and a senior editor at the BMJ. He was senior research fellow at the Queen's University of Belfast and Professor of Primary Health Care (Research) at the University of Ulster. He has published more than 250 scholarly articles, including 7 books and 75+ original research papers and is a former editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. He was one of the first to be awarded specialist accreditation in sport and exercise medicine in the UK and was on the advisory board for the formation of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the first such Faculty in the British Isles. He was awarded the Duke of Edinburgh Prize by the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine in 2010 and, in 2011, received the Robert Campbell Memorial Medal from the Ulster Medical Society. He has a wide interest in many sports and has competed at the Commonwealth Games and World Championships. Chantal Simon is a General Practitioner at Banks and Bearwood Medical Practice, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK and the Executive Editor of InnovAiT. Hazel Everitt is a Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care at Southampton University, UK Francoise van Dorp is a General Practitioner in Brentford, Essex, UK. Having studied at Grenoble University, St. John's College, Cambridge, and St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, she has worked as a General Practitioner Registrar across a range of specialties, including palliative care, acute general psychiatry and paediatrics. Matt Burkes is a GP Registrar at Flansham Park Health Centre, Bognor Regis, UK. Prior to moving into General Practice he was a Research Fellow at the School of Psychology, University of Reading. He has a wide range of clinical interest, including paediatrics, psychiatry dermatology, minor surgery and joint injection.
