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UNMC’s Paul Paulman, M.D., Audrey Paulman, M.D., and Jeffrey Harrison, M.D., helped edit “Taylor’s Manual of Family Medicine,” which is now available for purchase. Dr. Paul Paulman and others from UNMC also edited “Family Medicine Clerkship Guide,” which has been translated in Chinese. |
The quick-reference guide is the fifth book edited by Paul Paulman, M.D., Audrey Paulman, M.D., and Jeffrey Harrison, M.D., of UNMC’s Department of Family Medicine.
Published in October by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, the book is designed specifically for primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and residents and health professions students.
“It’s made to be a useful reference for physicians and other providers who need a question answered quickly,” Dr. Paul Paulman said.
The broad range of topics covered in the book include common disorders as diabetes mellitus and hypertension, as well as select procedures, including obstetric ultrasound and nasolaryngoscopy.
It has been seven years since the book was last revised and several chapters featuring outdated procedures were removed, Dr. Paulman said.
New chapters added include those on hematuria, bronchospasm and disability determination.
“We tried to include things that we thought would be helpful to physicians including providing web resources,” Dr. Paulman said.
Of the 201 contributing authors, more than 30 are faculty and residents from UNMC, he said.
“We really want to thank the UNMC Department of Family Medicine for getting this work done,” he said. “I would like to especially thank Sarah Bryan — our production manager — for balancing all the needs of the authors, editors and publishers and for keeping us on task.”
The book, Dr. Paulman said, is dedicated to Bryan’s son, Adam, whom Sarah gave birth to the day after the book was finished.
Dr. Paulman said there is one more book in the works.
He also said that two of the previous books he and others from UNMC helped edit are currently being translated into other languages.
The “Family Medicine Clerkship Guide” (2005, Mosby-Elsevier) is now available in Chinese and will soon be followed by “Precepting Medical Residents in the Office” (2006, Radcliffe Publishing), which is currently being translated into Turkish.