Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine by Robert C Ward, Robert C. Ward, Raymond J. Hruby

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Thoroughly revised for its Second Edition, Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine is the only comprehensive, current osteopathic text. It provides broad, multidisciplinary coverage of osteopathic considerations in the basic sciences, behavioral sciences, family practice and primary care, and the clinical specialties and demonstrates a wide variety of osteopathic manipulative methods. This edition includes new chapters on biomechanics, microbiology and infectious diseases, health promotion and maintenance, osteopathic psychiatry, emergency medicine, neuromusculoskeletal medicine, rehabilitation, sports medicine, progressive inhibition of neuromuscular structures, visceral manipulation, A.T. Still osteopathic methods, treatment of acutely ill hospital patients, somatic dysfunction, clinical research and trials, outcomes research, and biobehavioral interactions with disease and health.

Joy H. Schwartz

This introductory text describes osteopathic principles and techniques as they relate to basic science and clinical medicine. The ten areas covered include osteopathic philosophy and history, basic sciences, behavioral sciences, clinical problem solving, family practice and primary care, clinical specialties, palpatory diagnosis and manipulative treatment, health restoration, and the applications of basic and clinical research for osteopathic theory and practice. A broad review of each area is provided with osteopathic principles integrated to demonstrate an osteopathic approach to patient care. The text is intended to illustrate the broad aspects of osteopathic medicine. It provides a multidisciplinary overview of osteopathic philosophy and principles as they apply to clinical practice, thus enhancing the osteopathic student and physician's understanding of the integration of visceral and somatic neural pathways. This text is appropriate for osteopathic medical students and osteopathic practitioners of any specialty. It will serve as an introduction and overview for students. The sections on osteopathic manipulative techniques will prove useful for practitioners, especially those who do not now use manipulation daily. The text provides excellent illustrations with diagrams and photographs of various techniques. The references are pertinent and current. The chapter organization and comprehensive index facilitate finding specific treatment modalities. This well-done review will prove useful to students and practitioners. Although not exhaustive, it provides a foundation for students and is successful at integrating osteopathic principles with all aspects of medicine. It is aworthwhile contribution to osteopathic medical education. It is suitable for purchase by medical school bookstores as well as students, residents, and practitioners.

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Reviewer:Joy H. Schwartz, DO (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine)
Description:This introductory text describes osteopathic principles and techniques as they relate to basic science and clinical medicine. The ten areas covered include osteopathic philosophy and history, basic sciences, behavioral sciences, clinical problem solving, family practice and primary care, clinical specialties, palpatory diagnosis and manipulative treatment, health restoration, and the applications of basic and clinical research for osteopathic theory and practice. A broad review of each area is provided with osteopathic principles integrated to demonstrate an osteopathic approach to patient care.
Purpose:The text is intended to illustrate the broad aspects of osteopathic medicine. It provides a multidisciplinary overview of osteopathic philosophy and principles as they apply to clinical practice, thus enhancing the osteopathic student and physician's understanding of the integration of visceral and somatic neural pathways.
Audience:This text is appropriate for osteopathic medical students and osteopathic practitioners of any specialty. It will serve as an introduction and overview for students. The sections on osteopathic manipulative techniques will prove useful for practitioners, especially those who do not now use manipulation daily.
Features:The text provides excellent illustrations with diagrams and photographs of various techniques. The references are pertinent and current. The chapter organization and comprehensive index facilitate finding specific treatment modalities.
Assessment:This well-done review willprove useful to students and practitioners. Although not exhaustive, it provides a foundation for students and is successful at integrating osteopathic principles with all aspects of medicine. It is a worthwhile contribution to osteopathic medical education. It is suitable for purchase by medical school bookstores as well as students, residents, and practitioners.

Booknews

A multidisciplinary overview of osteopathic philosophy and principles with examples of clinical perspectives gleaned from a variety of disciplines. Divided into ten sections, the text covers osteopathic philosophy, history, basic sciences, behavioral sciences, clinical problem solving, family practice and primary care, clinical specialties, palpatory diagnosis and manipulative treatment, health restoration, and applications of basic and clinical research for osteopathic theory and practice. Includes a glossary of terms, prepared by the Educational Council on Osteopathic Principles of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. Ample b&w photographs illustrate techniques. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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