Family Medicine Care Pathways: From Preventive Screening and Diagnosis to Treatment, Follow-Up, and Whole-Person Primary Care - Couverture souple

T. Wadsworth, Abigail

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798170806447

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

The most difficult primary-care visits rarely involve just one problem.

A patient may arrive because of fatigue, chest discomfort, a medication refill, or a new symptom—while the same encounter also reveals an overdue screening test, treatment side effects, family responsibilities, chronic disease, mental-health concerns, or a barrier that could prevent the plan from working.

Family Medicine Care Pathways is designed around that reality.

Rather than treating prevention, assessment, disease management, and long-term care as separate subjects, this practical medical reference shows how they connect across an actual course of care. Readers learn to identify what needs attention now, what should not be missed, what information can change the next decision, and what must happen after the patient leaves the room.

Inside, readers will find practical guidance for:

• approaching undifferentiated symptoms without premature diagnostic closure;
• organizing preventive visits, risk assessment, immunization, and health promotion;
• evaluating common cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurologic, musculoskeletal, dermatologic, and genitourinary presentations;
• managing chronic and recurrent conditions alongside competing patient priorities;
• recognizing red flags and deciding when outpatient management is appropriate—or when escalation cannot wait;
• addressing mental health, substance use, medication burden, lifestyle factors, and multimorbidity;
• caring for children, adolescents, reproductive-age patients, pregnant and postpartum patients, and older adults;
• incorporating family responsibilities, access, function, social circumstances, and patient preferences into realistic care plans;
• closing the loop on results, referrals, monitoring, transitions, and reassessment.

Clinical cases place decisions in context. Tables organize complex information for faster review. Safety alerts highlight situations in which delay may matter. Patient and caregiver perspectives help connect technically sound recommendations with what can actually be understood and carried out.

The book is suited to medical students entering clinical rotations, residents developing stronger outpatient judgment, and health professionals looking for a structured reference for everyday ambulatory care.

Because good family medicine is not simply about reaching a diagnosis.

It is about knowing what comes next—and making sure the next step actually happens.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798170806447
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 282
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