Textbook of Internal Medicine

This book aims to provide more detailed information on the scientific basis of disease. This edition includes many more chapters on diagnosis and management - the practical handling of clinical problems as well as encyclopediac disease descriptions. This second edition also contains 150 new contributors, a new cross-referencing system and dozens of new photographs, tables, charts and diagrams. The text seeks to reflect current medicine with more coverage of all concerns and special emphasis on geriatrics and oncology. A 2-volume edition of the work is also available: ISBN 0-397-51037-3.