Primary care medicine
Subtitle: office evaluation and management of the adult patient
By: [edited by] Allan H. Goroll, Albert G. Mulley ; with 65 contributors.
Contributors: Goroll, Allan H.; Mulley, Albert G.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1516
Subjects: Family medicine; Ambulatory medical care
Description: Thoroughly revised and updated reflecting the new patient management responsibilities that are dictated by today's health care reform. This text continues to provide pertinent information on medical diagnosis, therapy, lab tests, and health maintenance. Topics covered in this edition include outpatient management of HIV patients, communication of risks and prognosis, interpreting evidence of therapeutic efficacy, new strategies for hypertension control and hyperlipidemia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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