Exploring Rural Medicine

Current Issues and Concepts

Barbara P. Yawn, Angeline Bushy, Roy A. Yawn, Barbara Yawn, Angeline Bushy, Roy A. Yawn

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 1993
• Print ISBN: 9780803948525
• eBook ISBN: 9781452254470
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Physicians in rural settings are often called upon to treat a wide range of problems for which they have limited training due to a lack of technological, nursing, and consultant resources. Exploring Rural Medicine serves as an indispensable reference for health practitioners who face uniquely rural concerns in health promotion, care of illnesses, and professional practice issues. Among the topics explored are high-risk obstetrics, women?s health, mental health, environmental hazards, AIDS, terminal illness, and patient education strategies. This volume also discusses professional issues such as cultural awareness, ethical problems, quality assessment, and malpractice. Written by experts in a variety of fields who have rural medical experience, Exploring Rural Medicine is essential reading for the rural physician, students considering rural practice, and mid-level rural practitioners such as nurses and physician assistants. "The topics addressed in the book reflect [the authors?] enthusiasm and experiences, ranging from the prevention of teenage pregnancy to the care of terminally ill patients with cancer. . . . The book deals with important problems and issues and is shaped by the real-world experience of the authors. . . . Rural practitioners will enjoy picking up this book and comparing their approaches and insights with those of the authors." --The New England Journal of Medicine "[Exploring Rural Medicine] has the potential to fill an important niche; support materials for the rural physician. . . . Despite its length it is an ?easy read.? It is well written with an eveness of style and quality almost impossible to achieve with so many authors." --Michael E. Samuels, The University of South Carolina "Exploring Rural Medicine seems perfect for medical students or residents doing a rural rotation. I also recommend it to any family physician or other health professional interested in exploring rural medicine." --Christopher T. Patricoski in The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1 - Rural Medical Practice: Present and Future
• Chapter 2 - Labor and Delivery Crises: Rural Solutions
• Chapter 3 - Stabilization and Transport of the III Newborn Infant
• Chapter 4 - Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: After the Infant Goes Home
• Chapter 5 - Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
• Chapter 6 - Recognition and Evaluation of Child Abuse
• Chapter 7 - Adolescent Pregnancies in Rural America: A Review of the Literature and Strategies for Prevention
• Chapter 8 - Common Mental Health Problems
• Chapter 9 - Environmental Hazards
• Chapter 10 - Managing Trauma in the Rural Emergency Department: Basic Organization
• Chapter 11 - Managing Trauma in the Rural Emergency Department: Specific Problems
• Chapter 12 - Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction with Thrombolytic Drugs in the Rural Hospital
• Chapter 13 - Women's Health Issues
• Chapter 14 - Caring for the AIDS Patient in a Rural Practice
• Chapter 15 - Treatment of Patients with Terminal Cancer
• Chapter 16 - Caring for Dying Patients and Their Families
• Chapter 17 - Health Maintenance in Clinical Practice: Strategies and Barriers
• Chapter 18 - Patient Education in the Rural Practice
• Chapter 19 - Making Your Practice Palatable for Your Patients: Cultural Competency
• Chapter 20 - Ethics Dilemmas in Rural Practice
• Chapter 21 - Quality Assessment in Rural Practice
• Chapter 22 - Living Through Malpractice Litigation
• Index
• About the Authors