Contributions

  • Woolf, Steven H. - Contributor
  • Jonas, Steven. - Contributor
  • Kaplan-Liss, Evonne. - Contributor

Publication

2008 - Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

161,000 words, Guess

Page Count

644 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCRA427.8.H4923 2007
  • LCCRA427.8 .H4923 2008

Description

Based on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's newly revised Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, this thoroughly updated handbook offers physicians practical suggestions for risk assessment, disease prevention, and health promotion. Chapters examine health behaviors and risk factors such as exercise, nutrition, tobacco use, substance use, sexually transmitted infections, and depression and provide advice on gathering information from the patient, ordering screening tests, prescribing appropriate treatments, and designing a personalized health maintenance plan. This edition includes new chapters on electronic medical records and reimbursement for clinical preventive services and updated patient resource materials and instructions.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Health promotion and disease prevention in clinical practiceWolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins2008

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