GENERAL SURGERY
Child health and development
chapter 55 Child health and development INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Infancy and childhood are characterised by a range of issues that broadly fall into three categories (Box 55.1): • acute problems—e.g….
Pain management
chapter 38 Pain management INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW One of the most common reasons for people presenting to a healthcare practitioner is the presence of pain. Many people in our community…
Breast disease
chapter 51 Breast disease INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW There are approximately 400,000 consultations for breast symptoms each year in general practice in Australia. The vast majority of these will be due…
An integrative approach to prostate cancer
chapter 50 An integrative approach to prostate cancer INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Prostate cancer is a major health issue for men around the world, particularly in developed countries. In Australia, for…
Genetic conditions
chapter 31 Genetic conditions INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Genetic conditions are those that are directly or indirectly due to a pathogenic variation in a person’s genome that is present at birth….
Sleep disorders
chapter 43 Sleep disorders INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW As the quantity and quality of our sleep influences how we feel and function during the day, there is increasing awareness of the…
Communicating with patients
chapter 16 Communicating with patients INTRODUCTION Listen to the patient, he is telling you the diagnosis. Sir William Osler, 1904 THE PATIENT-CENTRED APPROACH At around the same time that ‘The…
