Decision Making in Medicine

An Algorithmic Approach

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Hardbound, 768 Pages
Published: OCT-2009
ISBN 10: 0-323-04107-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-323-04107-2
Imprint: MOSBY


By
Stuart Mushlin, MD, Director, Preliminary Residency Program, Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Harry Greene, MD, Executive Vice President, Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, MA, USA

Description
This popular reference facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic decision making for a wide range of common and often complex problems faced in outpatient and inpatient medicine. Comprehensive algorithmic decision trees guide you through more than 250 disorders organized by sign, symptom, problem, or laboratory abnormality. The brief text accompanying each algorithm explains the key steps of the decision making process, giving you the clear, clinical guidelines you need to successfully manage even your toughest cases.

Audience:
More than 130,000 Family Practice/Primary Care MDs, DOs, PAs, and NPs


 
Last update: 6 Nov 2011