This resource is designed to assist the primary care physician with educating his/her patients so that they are better at self-care and well-care, so they are less likely to need the assistance of their doctor. It is meant to be very quick and easy to useby the physician to make patient education less of a burden and more of their everyday routine. Patient education handouts are all in one source, hence there is no need to keep many different files or refer to different sources. Doctor has the option of photocopying the ...
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This resource is designed to assist the primary care physician with educating his/her patients so that they are better at self-care and well-care, so they are less likely to need the assistance of their doctor. It is meant to be very quick and easy to useby the physician to make patient education less of a burden and more of their everyday routine. Patient education handouts are all in one source, hence there is no need to keep many different files or refer to different sources. Doctor has the option of photocopying the printed GUIDE or print directly from his/her computer using the CD-ROM. Each teaching GUIDE will be referenced in Mosbys Desktop Primary Care Consultant . This allows quick referral to the proper handout in the binder. Signs and symptoms section will allow easy differential diagnosis. It will be easy to locate the GUIDES that cover the various diseases and disorders that might causing the patients ailments. More than 300 artist sketches of treatments that will help the patient better understand the self-care described in the text. Exhaustive listings of resources the patient can turn to for more information on and support for their illness, including websites. Simple anatomical drawings in appendix will assist physician in teaching the patient about the location of their illness and what organs and body parts it effects. Wellness handouts on such topics as exercise, diet, smoking cessation, etc, will be contained in an appendix. These will assist the doctor in teaching his patients to care for themselvesin a healthy, proactive manner that will prevent them from needing the care of a physician.
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