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. Offering an authoritative, informative, evidence-based, practical reference book, it is required reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of rural healthcare, a foundation for rural healthcare curriculae and an inspirational read.
It is invaluable for both intending and established rural primary healthcare workers, including general practitioners, nurses, midwives, paramedics, therapists, managers and administrators.

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