Diagnosis and Risk Management In Primary Care: Words That Count, Numbers That Speak

Citation

(2012), "Diagnosis and Risk Management In Primary Care: Words That Count, Numbers That Speak", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 25 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2012.06225baa.017

Diagnosis and Risk Management In Primary Care: Words That Count, Numbers That Speak

Diagnosis and Risk Management In Primary Care: Words That Count, Numbers That Speak

Article Type: Recent publications From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 25, Issue 2

Wilfrid Treasure,Radcliffe Publishing,ISBN: 978-1-846-19477-1,2011,

Keywords: Risk management in primary care, General practice intervention and management, Patient care improvement systems

Diagnosis and Risk Management in Primary Care describes the best that general practice can be and suggests ways in which general practitioners can achieve that ideal. Primary care as described here is both evidence-based and patient-centred: it requires highly developed interpersonal skills and keen diagnostic acumen, and involves traditional serial consultations based on history and examination as well as a set of statistics drawn from research.

This book looks both at the broad picture and at the detail, outlines the context in which general practitioners work, and describes precisely how they might best fulfil their role. It further provides a map of the consultation and a compass to navigate through the terrain of symptoms, signs and evidence. Emphasising the importance of the therapeutic relationship between doctor and patient, it will provide resources for all medical professionals to improve patient care – whether or not a prescription is written.

Contents include:

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  Diagnosis.

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  Healthcare design.

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  Statistical building blocks.

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  Icebergs.

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  Numbers that speak.

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  Words that count.

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  Pattern design.

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  Medical education.

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  Risk management.