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This updated Fourth Edition continues to serve as a comprehensive introduction to family medicine. Written at the clerkship level, it groups chapters into three sections: Principles of Family Medicine, Promoting Health throughout Life, and Common Problems. New to this edition is a feature called Careers in Family Medicine, three additional chapters, and a division of respiratory tract infections expanded and split into upper and lower. Its user-friendly style makes the book a lasting companion tool for the approach to diagnosing and treating common problems. Comes with a CD-ROM that contains 100 USMLE-style questions with explanations to accompany the text.
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"Perhaps more remarkable is how much hasn't changed in the past quarter century. The patient-centered encounter remains the backbone of effective care, whether in the office, on the telephone or online. In these encounters, attentiveness to the interaction between biological, socioeconomic, and psychological factors is as crucial and relevant as ever. Family medicine residency programs continue to provide excellent preparation for physicians interested in caring for individuals of all ages and their families within a broad range of practice settings, styles, and populations. Primary medical care continues to be recognized as the cornerstone of an effective health care system, although integration of primary care into the broader US system remains far from ideal"--Provided by publisher.
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