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This edition is fully updated to address and include: significant changes in hospital environments, including managed care delivery methodologies; how Medicare and Medicaid work; the role of nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other ancillary hospital personnel patient screening recommendations from agencies such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the American Cancer Society; convenient lists of common drug reactions and commonly used alternative and complementary medicine treatment modalities expanded; and commonly used medical abbreviations and acronyms. Students benefit from a convenient handbook that offers a crucial link between basic sciences years and the hospital experience, and are aided in achieving mastery of proper physical diagnosis and medical work-up for accurate diagnosis. The book includes concise disease pathophysiology reviews.

ISBN 9780781751926Edition 04Binding Paper