Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine

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This internationally renowned, best-selling textbook provides a rational and easily understood basis for the practice of clinical medicine. Since it was first published, this comprehensive text has met the requirements of several generations of medical students preparing for their examinations, while serving as a valuable reference for doctors in training. The publication of the 19th Edition marks the 50th anniversary of the first publication of the book.

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This internationally renowned, best-selling textbook provides a rational and easily understood basis for the practice of clinical medicine. Since it was first published, this comprehensive text has met the requirements of several generations of medical students preparing for their examinations, while serving as a valuable reference for doctors in training. The publication of the 19th Edition marks the 50th anniversary of the first publication of the book.

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Reviewer: peter m daher, md(Creighton University Medical Center)
Description: This 17th edition is a concise and easy-to-read reference on medicine and is a welcome update to the previous 1995 edition.
Purpose: This is an up-to-date and comprehensive text of clinical medicine to be used in preparation for board and clinical examinations. Such a text is a welcome addition to our student's bookshelf.
Audience: Though primarily for students, residents and practitioners will find the text useful as well. The editors are noted authorities in the area of internal medicine.
Features: An array of the most commonly seen disease entities are presented. The editors do an excellent job of simplifying numerous, complicated diseases in an easy to understand process. Use of color-coding for tables, text, and information boxes makes for easy reading.
Assessment: This is an exceptionally written and easy-to-follow text. The editors create a synergism to blend the basic sciences and the clinical sciences. The additional updated clinical material makes this new edition welcome.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780443071119
  • Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
  • Publication date: 3/18/2003
  • Edition description: Nineteenth
  • Edition number: 19
  • Pages: 1296
  • Product dimensions: 8.12 (w) x 11.04 (h) x 2.51 (d)

Table of Contents

Pt. 1 Principles of Medical Practice
1 Infection and immune failure 3
2 Drug therapy 147
3 Poisoning 165
4 Critical care 185
5 Oncology 213
6 Palliative care and pain management 227
7 Frail older people 237
8 Medical psychiatry 245
9 Water, electrolyte and acid-base imbalance 271
10 Nutritional, metabolic and environmental disease 297
11 Clinical genetics 337
Pt. 2 System-Based Diseases
12 Cardiovascular disease 357
13 Respiratory disease 483
14 Kidney and genitourinary disease 575
15 Diabetes mellitus 641
16 Endocrine disease 683
17 Alimentary tract and pancreatice disease 747
18 Liver and bilary tract disease 831
19 Blood disorders 889
20 Musculoskeletal disorders 957
21 Skin disease 1049
22 Neurological disease 1103
23 Appendix 1211
Picture, box and table credits 1223
Index 1225
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