The author highlights some of the critical features of general practice diagnosis and management of Hansen's disease in First World primary care practice. These features are often not obvious or emphasised in most texts because they are designed for a Third World scenario, where primary care is delivered without the luxury of medically trained practitioners and therefore without the option of emergency steroid therapy.
BT - Australian family physician C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8141682?dopt=Abstract DA - 1994 Jan IS - 1 J2 - Aust Fam Physician LA - eng N2 -The author highlights some of the critical features of general practice diagnosis and management of Hansen's disease in First World primary care practice. These features are often not obvious or emphasised in most texts because they are designed for a Third World scenario, where primary care is delivered without the luxury of medically trained practitioners and therefore without the option of emergency steroid therapy.
PY - 1994 SP - 45 EP - 9 T2 - Australian family physician TI - Hansen's disease. Practice tips for management. VL - 23 SN - 0300-8495 ER -