TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION – I – Basic Principles
   
 
  1. The Philosophy of Family Medicine
  2. The Scope of Family Medicine
  3. Family Medicine – The Rising Discipline
  4. Definitions
  5. The ‘Family’ in Family Medicine
   
SECTION – II – Health for All
 
  1. The Alma-Ata Declaration
  2. Primary Health Care Approach to Health for All
   
SECTION – III – Clinical Approach
 
  1. The Spectrum of Clinical Diagnosis
  2. Investigations – General Principles
   
SECTION - IV – The Practice of Family Medicine
 
  1. Communication Skills
  2. Rapid Access to Improving Communication Skills
  3. The Consultation
  4. The Patient- Physician Relationship
  5. Balint Groups
  6. Designing a Patient Friendly Practice
  7. Counseling Skills
  8. Patient Centered Care
  9. The Team Concepts
  10. Leadership
  11. Reducing Medical Errors
  12. Medical Records
  13. The Difficult patient
  14. Medical Professionalism
   
SECTION - V – Adolescent Health
 
  1. Adolescent Care
  2. A Problem Adolescent
   
SECTION - VI – Geriatric Health
 
  1. Aging and Geriatric Concepts
  2. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
  3. Management of the Elderly
  4. Practical Prescribing to the Elderly
   
SECTION - VII – Palliation and Bereavement
 
  1. Communicating Bad News
  2. Palliative Care – Principles
  3. Palliative Home Care
  4. Families and The Grief Process
   
SECTION - VIII - Prevention and Health Care
 
  1. Prevention in Family Practice
  2. Preventive Care Delivery – Barriers and Remedies
   
SECTION - IX – Education and Research
 
  1. Clinical Audit
  2. Evidence Based Medicine – Principles
  3. Evidence Based Medicine – Practice
  4. Research in Family Medicine.

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