Fundamentals of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care (PHC) — Treatise on Clinical Specialization

Family Medicine · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Un compendio científico, técnico y humanista dirigido a especialistas en Medicina Familiar, Generalistas e Investigadores en Sistemas de Salud. Aborda de manera minuciosa la fundamentación teórica de la Atención Primaria de Salud (APS), el paradigma biopsicosocial de George Engel, las dinámicas relacionales familiares, la epidemiología comunitaria, el abordaje sistemático del paciente pluripatológico y el soporte…

What it covers

1. Historical Origins of the APS and the Declaration of Alma-Ata
2. · Ideological Tensions: Comprehensive APS vs. Selective APS
3. · The Renewal of the APS and the Astana Declaration (2018)
4. Essential and Derived Attributes of the APS (Barbara Starfield Model)
5. · Deep Analysis of Essential Attributes
6. · Attributes Derived from the APS
7. Health Systems Based on PHC and Comparative Provision Models
8. Definition, Philosophy and Principles of Family Medicine (Ian McWhinney)
9. · The Nine Principles of Family Medicine by Ian McWhinney
10. General Systems Theory Applied to Health and the Biopsychosocial Model
11. · George Engel's Hierarchy of Systems
12. · Clinical Consequences of the Biopsychosocial Model
13. The Life Course Approach and the Social Determinants of Health (DSS)
14. · Dahlgren and Whitehead's Social Determinants Model
15. · The Life Course Approach and Allostatic Load
16. Family Structure, Dynamics and Life Cycle (FVC)
17. · Contemporary Family Typologies
18. · The Family Life Cycle (FVC)
19. · Family Crises: Regulations vs. Non-Regulatory
20. The Advanced Family Genogram: Symbology, Mapping and Clinical Interpretation
21. · Protocol for Tracing a Structural Genogram
22. · Clinical Interpretation and Utility of the Genogram
23. Family Assessment Instruments: APGAR, FACES, Círculo and Ecomapa
24. · 1. The Family APGAR (Gabriel Smilkstein, 1978)
25. · 2. The Olson Circumplex Model (FACES)
26. · 3. The Ecomap and the Family Circle
27. Leavell and Clark Prevention Levels, and Quaternary Prevention (P4)
28. · The Quaternary Prevention Revolution (P4)
29. Scientific Evidence Screening (USPSTF) and Immunizations in the Life Course
30. · The Recommendations of the USPSTF (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force)
31. · Immunizations in the Life Course: Pillar of Primary Prevention
32. Health Promotion, Transtheoretical Model of Change and Motivational Interviewing
33. · The Motivational Interview of William Miller and Stephen Rollnick
34. The Complex, Pluripathological and Multimorbidity Patient
35. · The Phenomenon of Polypharmacy and the Danger of the Prescription Cascade
36. · The Clinical Practice of Deprescribing: STOPP/START and Beers Criteria
37. Clinical Approach to Geriatric Syndromes in PHC
38. · Pathophysiology of Frailty Syndrome
39. Integrated Mental Health in PHC: The Collaborative Care Model
40. Community Oriented Primary Care (APOC)
41. · The Six Methodological Stages of APOC
42. Applied Clinical Epidemiology and International Classification of Primary Care (CIAP-3)
43. · The International Classification of Primary Care (CIAP-3)
44. Bioethics, Professionalism and Management of Uncertainty in Family Medicine
45. · Clinical Management of Time and Uncertainty
46. Clinical Decision Algorithm in the Complex Elderly Patient