This text adopts a practical approach to primary care medicine. It places emphasis on cost-effective patient management and highlights the following areas: outpatient management of HIV patients; communicating risks and prognosis; sleep apnoea; hyperlipidaemia; and substance abuse.
Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient - Fourth Edition
In this Fourth Edition of Primary Care Medicine , Drs. Allan H. Goroll and Albert G. Mulley, Jr. have created a comprehensive text that covers everything from Otolaryngology to Psychiatry. Thoroughly revised to cover the nuances of the managed care system as well as laboratory tests, diagnoses, and therapies, the book provides a problem-oriented, practical approach to primary care medicine. New to this edition is information on chronic pain, domestic violence, ethical challenges of managed care, adolescent medicine, and alternative and complementary medicine. LWW/Medcases Case Companion on-line review tool for this title, click http://www.medcases.com/lippincott A Brandon-Hill recommended title.