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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 One: Introduction to Clinical Medicine. Part Two: Cardinal Manifestations and Presentation of Disease. Part Three: Genetics and Disease. Part Four: Clinical Pharmacology. Part Five: Nutrition. Part Six: Oncology and Hematology. Part Seven: Infectious Diseases. Part Eight: Disorders of the Cardiovascular System. Part Nine: Disorders of the Respiratory System. Part Ten: Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract. Part Eleven: Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System. Part Twelve: Disorders of the Immune System, Connective Tissue, and Joints. Part Thirteen: Endocrinology and Metabolism. Part Fourteen: Neurologic Disorders. Part Fifteen: Environmental and Occupational Hazards. Appendix A: Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance. Appendix B: Instructions for Collection and Transport of Specimen Culture.