Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine
Subtitle: An Introductory Manual
Edition: 4 edition
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: February 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9780781751926
Subjects: Clinical & Internal Medicine; Reference works; Internal Medicine; Diagnosis; Medical / Nursing; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Medical; Handbooks; Diseases; Medical / Internal Medicine; Clinical Chemistry; Clinical Medicine
Description: This new edition is fully updated to address and include: significant changes in hospital environments, including managed care delivery methodologies, how Medicare and Medicaid work, and the role of nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other ancillary hospital personnel; patient screening recommendations from agencies such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the American Cancer Society; convenient lists of common drug reactions and commonly used alternative and complementary medicine treatment modalities; and expanded, commonly used medical abbreviations and acronyms. Students benefit from a convenient handbook that offers a crucial link between basic sciences years and the hospital experience, and are aided in achieving mastery of proper physical diagnosis and medical work-up for accurate diagnosis. Includes concise disease pathophysiology reviews.