Handbook of Primary Care Medicine

By Dale D. Berg

Book Overview

The second edition of this pocket-sized handbook places greater emphasis on outpatient care and on physical diagnosis, and includes new tables on everyday concerns of the primary care physician, such as primary (non-obstetrics) care of pregnant patients and pre-operative and peri-operative evaluation and management of patients.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781714311
• ISBN13: 9780781714310
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 756 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 1.0" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

a gist book with all that is necessary

I happened to read this book when I was preparing for my boards(step 3) recently. As I started reading this book, I felt it very useful and had special emphasis on all the cases we commonly encounter in the primary care setting. This book will make it best in conjunction with Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine. It is particularly good in areas of Cardiovascular diseases, Pulmonary diseases, Gastrointestinal diseases, Rheumatology, Neurology. It has all the essentials we need in day to day practice setting and it also tells you to refer to a standard textbook in areas which cannot be covered in handbook. It is particularly useful for the residents who intend to take step 3 as it allows you to get the best of the gist within the short time you have during residency. I read it for my step 3 and found it very helpful. I personally would combine this with Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine to make it 100% good internist. If at all there is not much stress in this is in areas of hematology and it says to refer to standard book. I would rate this book 5 stars for the way this book was put and the less time you spend but you remember everything of it. Thanks for giving me this opportunity to comment about this wonderful book.