Current Practice of Medicine

A new series, all four volumes of which will be updated annually (one each quarter, in bound volumes, not looseleaf inserts), written by specialists for primary care physicians. Some 300 chapters summarize current developments in diagnostic tools, pharmaceuticals, and treatment protocols for 15 specialties in internal medicine. V.1 covers general internal medicine, cardiology, pulmonary and critical care medicine, and endocrinology and metabolic disease; v.2: dermatology, rheumatology, allergy and immunology, and infectious diseases; v.3: neurology, psychiatry, hematology, and oncology; and v.4: gastroenterology, hepatology, and nephrology. Each volume contains its own index, and a paperbound comprehensive index accompanies the four volumes. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.