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Hot Topics in General Practice is one of the best-selling MRCGP revision guides. The book is now comprehensively updated on an annual basis and published even more rapidly to ensure it provides the very latest information for readers: this new edition is current to the end of 2006 and is written specifically for the 2007 MRCGP exams. The book continues to summarise the key publications from the most influential and authoritative medical journals including: British Medical Journal, British Journal of General Practice, The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine and Evidence Based Medicine. The book follows a consistent structure to aid understanding each topic: * starts with a review of what is already known * lists the current guidelines and key trials * summarises the key articles published in the last 2-3 years.

Hot Topics in General Practice for the 2007 MRCGP

Practice Issues: The Consultation; Concordance and prescribing; Teamwork and morale; Accessing care; Information technology; Models of care; Pharmacists; Nurse practitioners; Training; The pharmaceutical industry; Quality; Health inequalities Clinical Issues: LIFESTYLE Alcohol; Drug misuse; Diet; Vitamins; Exercise; Smoking; Obesity and metabolic syndrome CARDIOVASCULAR Atrial fibrillation; Antithrombotics; Hypertension; Lipids; Coronary heart disease; Heart failure; Stroke; Diabetes RESPIRATORY Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Respiratory infection and antibiotics; Influenza MUSCULOSKELETAL Arthritis; NSAIDS; Back Pain OSTEOPOROSIS HRT OLDER PEOPLE Older People; Falls MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS MENTAL HEALTH Recognising Mental Illness; Depression; Suicide DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SCREENING Screening concepts; Colorectal cancer; Prostate cancer; Aortic aneurysm; Breast cancer; Cervical cancer SEXUAL HEALTH ALLERGIES COMPLIMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES DYSPEPSIA AND HELICOBACTER PYLORI UROLOGY IMMUNISATION