MURTAGH'S PRACTICE TIPS 8E

murtaghs practice tips is the trusted resource that provides tips for GPs and other medical
practitioners drawn from John Murtaghs extensive experience in practice. It is the essential guide
for tried-and-tested approaches to treatment and improvisation methods, using convenient tools
and readily available equipment to treat patients as effectively as possible. For this eighth edition,
Professor Murtagh is joined by Dr Justin Coleman, who wrote the GP Tips handy hints column in
Medical Observer for 13 years.


Content throughout this new edition has been updated, providing essential information, more than
450 detailed illustrations, and step-by-step instructions on how to deal with conditions encountered
by GPs around the world in everyday practice. New and updated content includes:
accessible technology tips
excisions
the phone as a medical tool
injections and topical anaesthesia
cryotherapy
therapeutic venesection.


Written with the busy practitioner in mind, this latest edition describes techniques using common
terminology to suit practitioners at all levels of experience.