100 CASES IN GENERAL PRACTICE

100 CASES IN GENERAL PRACTICE

THE FOLLOWING 100 CASES ARE CHOSEN IN THE HOPE THAT  THEY ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF GENERAL PRACTICE PEOPLE BRING ALL KIND OF MATTERS TO THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER THOSE THAT PERTAIN TO HEALTH , ILLNESS AND DISEASE AND THE PHYSICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL , SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL, AS GENERAL PRACTITIONERS WE NEVER KNOW WHO WILL NEXT COME THROUGH OVER DOORS , AND WHAT THY WILL BRING.
WE HAVE CHOSEN THE FOLLOWING 100 CASES IN THE HOPE THAT THEY ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BREADTH AND DAPTH OF GENERAL PRACTICE. PEOPLE BRINGS ALL KINDS OF MATTERS TO THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER. THOSE THAT PERTAIN TO HEALTH., ILLNESS, AND DISEASE AND THE PHYSICAL AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL. AS GENERAL PRACTITIONERS WE NEVER KNOW WHO WILL NEXT COME THROUGH OUR DOORS AND WHAT THEY WILL BRING. WHEN DIAGNOSIS IS CALLED FOR OUR STYLE IS NORMALLY HYPOTHETICO-DEDUCTIVE AND OUR QUESTIONS SOMETIMES ASK YOU TO DECIDE ON THE DEFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ON THE BASES OF THE HISTORY WE GIVE YOU , AND THEN TO DECIDE WHAT LINE OF FURTHER HISTORY TAKING ,FOCUSED EXAMINATION, INVESTIGATION AND MANAGEMENT YOU MIGHT TAKE. OTHER SCENARIOS ARE MORE CLASSICALLY INDUCTIVE , PRESENTING ALL THE INFORMATION FIRST AND THEN ASKING YOU TO DECIDE ON THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT SEVERAL ARE POOR ABOUT MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION, OR ETHICAL CONSIDERATION. WE HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE IN OUR WORK OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION,CONTINUITY OF CARE, TEAM WORK AND THE NECESSITY OF PLACING PATIENTS, HEALTH ISSUES IN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES AND EXPERIENCES.