Community-Based Primary Care Resources for Children Stephen Paul Holzemer PhD, RN Maria Scaramuzzino MSN, RN, PNP Jane Kiernan PhD, RN INTRODUCTION This chapter provides a context for understanding the interconnectedness…
Assessment in Primary Care Pediatrics Carol Green-Hernandez PhD, FNP-C INTRODUCTION The practice of pediatric primary care is family centered. Because of the complexities of care delivery in today’s era of…
Philosophy of Pediatric Primary Care Carol Green-Hernandez PhD, FNP-C Daniel Z. Aronzon MD, FAAP Joanne K. Singleton PhD, RN, CS, FNP INTRODUCTION Pediatric primary care practitioners are specialists; they specialize…
Approach to Frailty in Older Adults Claus Hamann Kenneth L. Minaker Care of older adults embraces a five-phase continuum: (a) successful aging with no overt diseases (occurs in a small…
Caring for the Adolescent Patient Laurence J. Ronan Primary care physicians whose practices involve mostly older adults need to know the basics of adolescent preventive care because many adolescents will…
Approach to Drug Use Disorders E. Nalan Ward The person suffering from a drug use disorder poses diagnostic and management challenges to the primary care clinician and represents one of…
Herbal Supplements Commonly Used as Complementary or Alternative Therapy Ernie-Paul Barrette In 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed removing herbal therapies from the over-the-counter market, but a…
Pain Management: Approach to the Patient with Chronic Nonmalignant Pain Mihir M. Kamdar Shane J. Volney Eric L. Krakauer Chronic pain is an important problem not only for primary care…
Approach to Eating Disorders Elizabeth A. Lawson Nancy A. Rigotti Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa (the binge-purge syndrome), and eating disorder not otherwise specified (i.e., eating disorder that does not meet…
Management of Obesity Carolyn Crimmins Hintlian W. Scott Butsch Obesity has been a major health problem in industrialized societies and is becoming a global epidemic. In the United States, more…
