"The General Practice Companion Handbook, 3rd edition" is as a concise, quick-reference guide containing summaries of the parent text, "General Practice, 3rd edition". In this edition, Professor Murtagh adopts more of an evidence-based approach while maintaining the problem-based structure that is core to the manual"s appeal. By using a systematic and practical approach combined with the author"s distinctively clear writing style, this companion manual is a unique reference that can be used anywhere by general practitioners, students, nurses and all health workers of non-specialist disciplines.This handy pocket reference follows the McGraw-Hill "Companion Handbook" series that mirrors substantial, well-established medical texts, such as Harrison"s "Principles of Internal Medicine" and Tintinalli"s "Emergency Medicine". Much like its parent book, this title has a well-established following, using the author"s simple, down-to-earth approach to general practice and presenting common medical conditions in an accessible alphabetical format.