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Textbook of Family Practice
5th ed, edited by Robert E. Rakel, 1754 pp, $115, ISBN 0-7216-4053-2, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 1995.
Tony Miksanek, MD, Reviewer
Benton, Ill
Arch Fam Med. 1996;5(10):597-598.
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The wide scope of family practice is unique among all branches of medicine. Its diversity is both its greatest attraction and stiffest challenge. Any textbook of family medicine therefore faces the daunting task of providing not only a wealth of information that would typically be available in textbooks of multiple specialties, but also sound philosophical and ethical principles that furnish a framework for the delivery of comprehensive, competent, compassionate, and continuing care to patients of all ages. Rakel's Text-book of Family Practice endeavors to fulfill these goals.
One hundred twenty authors, many of them family physicians, have contributed to the 66 chapters of this book, which covers not only traditional subject matter such as pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, orthopedics, geriatrics, ophthalmology, internal medicine, psychiatry, otolaryngology, and emergency medicine, but also unique areas of interest including interviewing techniques, office surgery, the use of consultants, clinical genetics, travel medicine, and practice management. Over
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