Description - John Murtagh's Patient Education & Practice Tips (Pack) by John Murtagh
Bundle containing Murtagh's Patient Education and Practice Tips.
First published in 1992 and now in its seventh edition, Murtagh's Patient Education is the proven international standard for patient education material. This tried-and-tested resource provides GPs, general practice nurses, registrars and pharmacists with accurate, accessible information to distribute to patients.
Written in simple, non-technical language, information on each condition is presented in a concise, friendly, single-page format so it can be easily photocopied or printed and distributed to patients to help them understand and manage their medical condition.
Among the 22 new topics in this latest edition are:
* The Australian National Immunisation Program Schedule
* Ovarian cancer
* Dengue fever
* Advanced care planning.
Most of the existing sheets have been revised, including major updates to women's health topics such as Cystitis, Dysmenorrhoea and Endometriosis, and comprehensive coverage of Cervical Cancer screening replaces Pap test from the previous edition. A reorganisation of content has also created a Mental health section.
Murtagh's Practice Tips is the trusted resource that provides tips for GPs and other medical practitioners drawn from John Murtagh's extensive experience in practice. It is the essential guide for tried-and-tested approaches to treatment and improvisation methods, using convenient tools and readily available equipment to treat patients as effectively as possible.
Content throughout the resource has been updated for this seventh edition, providing essential information and step-by-step instructions on how to deal with conditions encountered by GPs around the world in everyday practice. New and updated content includes:
* wounds and suturing
* dressings for burns
* lost fillings and crowns
* CPR in children
* nasal irrigation
* eustachian tube dsyfunction and glue ear.
Written with the busy practitioner in mind, this latest edition describes techniques using common terminology to suit practitioners at all levels of experience. More than 450 detailed illustrations, including some new and revised, supplement the text.
About the author
John Murtagh is Emeritus Professor in General Practice at Monash University, Melbourne; Adjunct Clinical Professor at the Graduate School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia; and Guest Professor, Peking University Health Science Centre, Beijing, China.
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