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• Expanded treatment with more algorithms and diagnostic decision trees
• A new feature, Genetic Considerations, describes how new advances affect patient care
• Clinical Guidelines now added throughout, provide evidence-based treatment strategies
• Alternative Medicine...a detailed chapter covers this emerging field
• New Chapter on Late Problems in Patients with Cancer
• New guidelines on Adolescent Health Care
• The latest in Gene Therapy with a new chapter on Screening, Prevention, and Counseling for Genetic Disorders
• New chapter on Infertility and Fertility Control
• Neurobiology of Disease highlights numerous advances made during "The disease of the Brain"
• Late-breaking treatment information on multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and more
• A new color atlas of malaria-infected red blood cells

The classic textbook and reference for medical students and professionals. This comprehensive resource continues to cover the entire field of internal medicine, with the 15th edition adding genetic considerations and a chapter on alternative medicine. One of the most popular internal medicine texts world-wide.

Table of Contents:

Part I: Introduction to Clinical Medicine. Part II: Cardinal Manifestations and Presentation of Disease. Part III: Genetics and Disease. Part IV: Clinical Pharmacology. Part V: Nutrition. Part VI: Oncology and Hematology. Part VII: Infectious Diseases. Part VIII: Disorders of the Cardiovascular System. Part IX: Disorders of the Respiratory System. Part X: Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract. Part XI: Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System. Part XII: Disorders of the Immune System, connective Tissue, and Joints. Part XIII: Endocrinology and Metabolism. Part XIV: Neurologic Disorders. Part XV: Environmental and Occupational Hazards. Appendix A: Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance. Appendix B: Instructions for Collection and Transport of Specimen Culture.