Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice

**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Advanced Practice**

There’s no better preparation for Nurse Practitioners and other adult primary care practitioners! Buttaro’s Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, 7th Edition provides the concise yet thorough information that you need in today's fast-paced, interprofessional, collaborative environment. With authorship reflecting both academic and clinical expertise, this comprehensive, evidence-based primary care text/reference shows you how to deliver effective, truly interdisciplinary health care. It covers every major adult disorder seen in the outpatient office setting and features a unique interprofessional collaborative approach with referral and “Red Flag” highlights and more. New to this edition are chapters on health equity, public health preparedness, endocannabinoids, and self-care.

• Comprehensive, evidence-based, accurate, and current content provides a complete foundation in the primary care of adults for NP students, including students in Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs, and reflects the latest research and national and international guidelines
• UNIQUE! Interprofessional collaborative approach equips you for interprofessional collaborative practice in the contemporary healthcare environment
• Consistent chapter format and features reflect the systematic approach used in adult primary care practice to promote improved clinical judgment skills, facilitate learning, and foster quick clinical reference
• UNIQUE! Referral/Consultation highlights indicate when the NP should collaborate with, or refer to, other providers
• UNIQUE! Emergency Referral highlights indicate when the NP should refer the patient for urgent/emergent care
• UNIQUE! Red Flag highlights indicate issues not to be missed
• UNIQUE! Initial Diagnostics boxes provide quick reference to key decision-making content

• NEW! Promoting Health Equity and Overcoming Health Disparities chapter underscores the role of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) in promoting the goal of health equity outlined in the 2021 AACN Essentials and in the 2020-2030 Future of Nursing report
• NEW! Public Health Preparedness in Primary Care chapter addresses the NP role in preparing for, and responding to, public health crises such as global pandemics
• NEW! Endocannabinoids in Primary Care chapter explores the growing popularity of medical and nonmedical uses of marijuana and CBD
• NEW! Self-Care chapter discusses the importance of provider self-care, in line with the 2020-2030 Future of Nursing report
• NEW! Enhanced sensitivity to, and documentation of, all references to race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual identity, and sexual orientation helps further ensure the goal of promoting health equity
• NEW! Additional illustrations emphasize assessment findings that are difficult to envision without visuals to enhance learning and to increase visual diversity
• NEW! Multiple-choice review questions on the Evolve companion website assist you in achieving content mastery
• NEW! Enhanced graphic design for all types of Referral and Red Flag highlights ensures high visibility of essential clinical content

Patricia Polgar-Bailey, Family Nurse Practitioner and Integrative Care Provider, Charlottesville Free Clinic; Clinical Psychologist, Blue Mountains Health, Charlottesville, Virginia.