Kerryn Phelps: 47 books
by Kerryn Phelps
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
From Australia's most trusted GP, Professor Kerryn Phelps AM, comes a comprehensive, accessible and compassionate guide for cancer patients and their families and carers.
A cancer diagnosis is a difficult life event and just the beginning of a long and challenging journey. Professor Phelps...
by Kerryn Phelps
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Are you stuck in a health rut? Stressed out, overtired, overweight and under par. Maybe you sleep less and drink more than you should. You know you need to make changes now rather than wait for the big health crisis, but how?
In Ultimate Wellness, Professor Kerryn Phelps AM, one of Australia's...
by Kerryn Phelps, Dr Dr. Claudia Lee, Jaime Rose Chambers
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
A complete guide to common gut conditions and improving gut health.
Australia's most trusted GP, Professor Kerryn Phelps AM, reveals how a healthy gut is essential for overall wellbeing.
As practitioners, Prof Phelps and Dr Lee know the problems caused by poor gut health and how an uneasy...
Diabetes
General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Diabetes - General Practice: The Integrative Approach. Diabetes mellitus is classified into several types: type 1 diabetes, LADA (latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood) or ‘type 1.5 diabetes’, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes. The role of the general practitioner is in identifying those...
Endocrinology
General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Endocrinology - General Practice the Integrative Approach Series. Endocrine problems are important in the general practice setting, for a range of reasons. First, they are common enough to occur regularly, either as new cases or in patients managing a chronic illness. Secondly, they can cause serious...
Eyes
General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Eyes - General Practice: The Integrative Approach. Essential ocular conditions likely to present to a general practitioner also overlap to some extent with those seen in the emergency department. We start with important definitions, a list of basic equipment, tips on a focused ocular history and a...
Sports Medicine
General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Sports Medicine - General Practice: The Integrative Approach. Most initial presentations for sports injuries will be to a hospital accident and emergency department or to the general practitioner. Referral to a sports medicine practitioner, rheumatologist, physiotherapist, chiropractor, orthopaedic...
Travel Medicine
General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Travel Medicine - General Practice: The Integrative Approach. Travel medicine is a new multidisciplinary specialty area that has emerged in response to the growing needs of the travelling population worldwide. Nearly all general practitioners (GPs) will need a basic knowledge of travel medicine, some...
Women's Health
General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Women's Health - General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series covers Breast Disease, Gynaecology and Menopause and details the medical and consulting knowledge required of a General Practitioner.
There are approximately 400,000 consultations for breast symptoms each year in general practice...
Substance Misuse
General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Substance Misuse - General Practice: The Integrative Approach. We define a drug (substance) as a chemical entity, self administered (non-medically) for its psychoactive effect. The effect usually includes a change in mood, arousal or perception, thinking (cognition) and/or behaviour. It may vary according...
Geriatric Medicine
General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Geriatric Medicine - General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series details the medical and consulting knowledge required of a General Practitioner when managing older patients. The world’s population is ageing rapidly, particularly in developed countries, where life expectancy is over 80...
Allergies
General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Allergies - General Practice: The Integrative Approach. The purpose of this chapter is to introduce you to the basics of allergy, what the practitioner should know in order to plan an effective integrative treatment strategy, and to provide an overview of some therapies that have been used successfully...
Immune System
General Practice: The Integrative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Immune System - General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series. The human immune system is extremely complex, with intricate multidirectional connections between our gastrointestinal, psychological, endocrinological and other systems, and communication via various neuro transmitters, cytokines...
Sleep Disorders
General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Sleep Disorders - General Practice: The Integrative Approach. There are many types of sleep disorders, with different aetiologies, presentations and treatments. Generally, sleep disorders can be classified into one of four groups: hypersomnias, parasomnias, insomnia and sleep–wake schedule disorders....