Primary Care Rheumatology

Integrating relevant basic science with current clinical practice, Primary Care Rheumatologyis designed to meet the needs of the primary care physician. The text focuses on diagnosis, treatment and the approach to the patient, and is lavishly illustratedwith over 550 full color illustrations and drawings. Fast access features in the text allow you to find diagnostic answers quickly and easily. Special sections on paediatrics and geriatrics provide invaluable insight into these key areas, and patient teaching guides for the most common disorders are included.

* Emphasizes diagnosis, treatment and approach to the patient, and provides the key information necessary for the primary care of the patient with a disorder of the musculoskeletal system. * Contains over 500 full color clinical photographs and illustrations providing an excellent diagnostic tool and illuminating important concepts. * Advises the primary care doctor when to refer patients to specialist care with special "recommendations for referral" boxes throughout the text. * Provides invaluable advice and recommendations on cost containment guidelines and when to order tests. * Features special pediatric and geriatric sections covering diseases and therapeutic details particular to these groups. * Provides patient teaching guides for the most common conditions, designed be photocopied and given direct to the patient to help them understand the key facts about their condition, and how they can help themselves. * Incorporates diagnostic algorithms at the beginning of each section to help the reader quickly and easily diagnose a disorder. * Includes short clinical case descriptions throughout text for realistic learning or review.

Fred Ferri is a Clinical Professor of Community Health at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University and author of over 30 medical books. He has been the best-selling medical author in the United States over the past 25 years and is also well known and respected internationally. He has been a visiting Professor at other medical schools and many of his books have been translated in several languages. In addition to his numerous publications, he has had a distinguished academic career at Brown University where he has received several awards for his dedication to teaching including the Brown University Excellence in Teaching award and Dean’s teaching Award, and with the American College of Physicians where he was inducted as a Fellow in the ACP and has been a recipient of the Irving Addison Beck Award from the Rhode Island Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Ferri is a practicing physician at Ocean State Medical, a group primary care practice that he established in 1984 and still runs along with two other partners and his two sons.