Rural Healthcare

Rural Healthcare was the first textbook of rural medicine in the UK. In this fully revised second edition it continues to fulfil the requirement for a resource dedicated to the particular needs of those living and practising in rural areas.

Jim Cox OBE DL MD FRCP Edin FRCGP MICGP is a retired rural GP, Cumbria, UK. Christopher E. Clark PhD FRCP FRCGP is Clinical Senior Lecturer in General Practice, University of Exeter, UK. Tim Sanders MRCGP is Clinical Lecturer in Rural Medicine, University of Central Lancashire, UK.

- Introduction - What is rurality? - Scotland - Republic of Ireland - Northern Ireland - Wales - England - Role of the generalist - Rural diseases - Rural mental health - Animal diseases - Teamwork - Remote healthcare - Emergencies - Rural pharmacy & dispensing - Rural maternity care and family support - Rural nursing - Safeguarding - Technology - Public health - Rural social exclusion - Research Index