The one book medical students must read before they choose their specialty

Here is the first medical-specialty selection guide written by a resident for students. Readers will find an inside look at the issues surrounding medical specialty selection, blending firsthand knowledge with useful facts and statistics. The author includes invaluable insights from his personal experience, candid reports from current residents, and a wealth of research.

This unique resource is divided into two sections, the first of which delves into the art of choosing the right specialty and covers personality assessment, considerations for women and couples who are matching, specialty overviews, and the ins and outs of the residency application and match process. The second section comprises 19 chapters, each written by a resident in a particular specialty. These chapters include “The Inside Scoop”—revealing specialty lifestyles, training requirements, and predominant personality types.

Author: Brian Freeman
Paperback: 460 pages ISBN13: 9780071479417, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Company: McGraw-Hill Medical (2007-05-02)
ISBN: 0071479414
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Delaware County Community College, Media, PA. Companion to Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th edition. Designed to explain concepts, techniques, and disease processes detailed in the textbook. Features hundreds of questions and answers. For student nurses. Previous edition: c2003. Three-hole punched with perforated pages. Softcover.

Author: Suzanne C Smeltzer, Brenda G Bare, Janice L Hinkle, Kerry H Cheever, Mary Jo Boyer
Paperback: 528 pages
Company: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2006-12-01)
ISBN: 0781765439
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The most innovative and authoritative reference to family health and medicine ever produced, the ACP Complete Home Medical Guide gives readers the information needed on the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of medical conditions. Focusing on the latest advances in medical science, with a user-friendly approach to ones own health care, this is an unbeatable reference. Consumer reference provides the most up-to-date medical and health information. Includes new information on medications, latest treatment methods and screening guidelines, and the most recent medical developments. Features more than 2,000 illustrations, user-friendly symptom charts, and lists online medical sites.

Hardcover: 1104 pages
Company: DK Adult (2003-10-13) (2003-10-13)
ISBN: 0789496739
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Expand your working medical vocabulary Work at your own pace to master the latest terms and techniques Learn all the essential Greek and Latin building blocks

Learn at your own pace with the guidebook that has sold over 400,000 copies

What word is used to describe a fatty tumor? Why are qualifiers necessary in medical terminology? How does kinesialgia occur? What does "involution" mean? With Quick Medical Terminology: A Self-Teaching Guide, Fourth Edition, you’ll discover the answers to these questions and many more.

Using a unique word-building system that begins with a review of Greek and Latin word roots, Shirley Steiner provides the tools necessary for building and sustaining a large working repertoire of medical terms. This new fourth edition helps readers understand the simple logic behind hundreds of seemingly incomprehensible words, featuring new review exercises and up-to-date examples. The step-by-step, clearly structured format of Quick Medical Terminology makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood, comprehensive overview.

Like all Self-Teaching Guides, Quick Medical Terminology allows you to build gradually on what you have learned–at your own pace. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas of concern. Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for practitioners and students who need to expand, improve, or refresh their medical vocabularies.

Author: Shirley Soltesz Steiner
Paperback: 320 pages ISBN13: 9780471233596, Condition: USED - VERY GOOD, Notes:
Company: Wiley (2002-11-05)
ISBN: 0471233595
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THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL FAMILY HEALTH GUIDE is a medical home reference book from the medical school of what many would say is the finest university in the whole world. More detailed and wide-ranging in its coverage than any other available family health guide, it draws on the unrivalled expertise of 7000 health professionals working in the most respected hospitals and research centres in the US to deliver the most authoritative, comprehensive, accessible and up-to-date information about the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease at every stage of human life. Guidance is also given on how to make the most of time spent in consultation with a doctor, and on how to decide between different treatment options. The entire text of THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL FAMILY HEALTH GUIDE has been adapted for a British readership by a distinguished cast of consultants and specialists from the best teaching hospitals and other medical institutions the length and breadth of Britain, all working under the guidance of The Times doctor, Dr Thomas Stuttaford.

Author: Harvard Medical School
Paperback: 1272 pages ISBN13: 9780684863733, Condition: USED - VERY GOOD, Notes:
Company: Free Press (2004-12-28)
ISBN: 0684863731
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The Study Guide contains over 500 pages of thoroughly revised review material including a wide variety of exercises and activities, Alternate Item questions to better prepare for NCLEX exams. Answers for all the exercises are printed in the back of the study guide to facilitate self-study.

Author: Sharon L. Lewis RN PhD FAAN
Paperback: 560 pages
Company: Mosby (2007-04-17)
ISBN: 0323037429
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Master content from the textbook with this helpful study tool! Designed to accompany Ignatavicius' Medical-Surgical Nursing, 6th edition, this workbook will assist students in understanding and applying material from each chapter in the text.

Author: Donna D. Ignatavicius MS RN-C ANEF, Candice K. Kumagai RN MSN, Linda Lea Kerby RNC BSN MA, Amy Lee, Julie S. Snyder MSN RN-BC, Tara McMillan-Queen
Paperback: 736 pages
Company: Saunders (2009-02-11)
ISBN: 1416054790
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This book is for any clinician who wants to write. It is for the physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner who sees patients and also wants to contribute to the medical literature. It is for the assistant professor aspiring to promotion and the clinician in private practice seeking the personal enrichment that writing can bring. Loaded with practical advice and real-world examples, this text will benefit readers who are new to medical writing and those who have authored a few articles or chapters and want to improve their abilities.

Readers relate to this book because it is written by someone who has been in their shoes. Dr. Robert B. Taylor is a distinguished leader in the field of family medicine and is the editor of Springer-Verlag's best-selling books, Family Medicine, 6/e, and Fundamentals of Family Medicine, 3/e. Unlike the authors of many other writing books who have little experience outside of academia or publishing, writing is Dr. Taylor's avocation instead of the focus of his career. Dr. Taylor brings more than 14 years in private practice and 26 years in academic medicine. He has written every type of document covered in this text: review articles, editorials, case reports, letters to the editor, book reviews, book chapters, reference books, research protocols, grant proposals, and clinical study reports.

Most of Dr. Taylor's works have been published, but not all. In the process of producing his impressive curriculum vitae, Dr. Taylor has made all of the errors that frustrate fellow clinician-writers. Over the years, he has jumbled spelling, mixed metaphors, gotten lost in his own outline, written on unimportant topics, and submitted to inappropriate journals. But along the way, he has successfully published 18 medical books and several hundred papers. Dr. Taylor wrote this book to share what he has learned-what works and what doesn't in medical writing.

The purpose of this book is to show clinicians how to translate observations and ideas from their practices into written form and eventually into print. To achieve this, Dr. Taylor highlights four goals for the clinician-writer. Clinicians seeking publication must:

Understand more about the art of medical writing, including motivation, conceptualization, mechanics, and frustrations.

Discover how to write for the different models found in the medical literature, including review articles, case reports, editorials, research papers, book chapters, and more.

Learn how to get a manuscript published.

Recognize that writing can be fun.

The book's twelve chapters begin by discussing basic concepts in medical writing and fundamental skills before outlining models ranging from the review article to the grant proposal. Throughout, Dr. Taylor attempts to follow the time-honored principle of supporting theory with examples, some from actual published materials and some created to help the reader understand key principles.

Author: Robert B. Taylor
Paperback: 266 pages ISBN13: 9780387222493, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Company: Springer (2004-10-28)
ISBN: 0387222499
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The #1 guide to the principles and clinical applications of evidence-based medicine has just gotten better!

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No other resource helps you to put key evidence-based medicine protocols into daily clinical practice better than Users' Guides to the Medical Literature.

An instant classic in its first edition, this detailed, yet highly readable reference demystifies the statistical, analytical, and clinical principles of evidence-based medicine, giving you a hands-on, practical resource that no other text can match.

Here, you'll learn how to distinguish solid medical evidence from poor medical evidence, devise the best search strategies for each clinical question, critically appraise the medical literature, and optimally tailor evidence-based medicine for each patient. The new second edition of this landmark resource is now completely revised and refreshed throughout, with expanded coverage of both basic and advanced issues in using evidence-based medicine in clinical practice.

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Completely revised and updated to reflect the enormous expansion in medical research and evidence-based resources since the first edition Innovative organization guides you from the fundamentals of using the medical literature to the more advanced strategies and skills for use in every day patient care situations Abundant and current real-world examples drawn from the medical literature are woven throughout, and include important related principles and pitfalls in using medical literature in patient care decisions Practical focus on the key issues in evidence-based practice: What are the results? Are the results valid? How to I apply to results to the care of my patients? More than 60 internationally recognized editors and contributors from the U.S., Canada, South America, Europe, and Asia -- the best of the best in the discipline NEW coverage on how to:
--Avoid being misled by biased presentations of research findings
--Interpret the significance of clinical trials that are discontinued early
--Influence clinician behavior to improve patient care
--Apply key strategies for teaching evidence-based medicine Also look for JAMAevidence.com, a new interactive database for the best practice of evidence based medicine.

Author: Gordon Guyatt, Drummond Rennie, Maureen Meade, Deborah Cook
Paperback: 860 pages
Company: McGraw-Hill Professional (2008-05-21)
ISBN: 007159034X
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The Long-Awaited Revision of the Bestselling Family Health Guide

"This completely updated fourth edition of our bestselling health reference is comprehensive, easy to understand, and even more user-friendly than the previous editions. We're excited to provide our patients with an invaluable resource to help them become more involved in their own health care. We think this is a book that belongs on the bookshelf in every home."
-AMA President John C. Nelson, MD, MPH

The American Medical Association is the nation's premier health authority-an organization that both patients and doctors look to for state-of-the-art medical information and guidance. Now, for the first time in 10 years, the AMA has updated its landmark medical reference-a book that belongs in every home.

This new edition of the American Medical Association Family Medical Guide has been thoroughly revised to bring it up to date and make it more accessible than ever before. Opening with a brand-new full-color section that walks you through key health issues, it follows with several new and expanded sections on everything from staying healthy and providing first aid and home care to diagnosing symptoms and treating hundreds of different diseases and disorders. This classic guide is the definitive home health reference for the twenty-first century-an indispensable book to keep you and your loved ones healthy.
* Authoritative guidance on hundreds of diseases and the latest tests, treatments, procedures, and drugs
* New or greatly expanded coverage of genetic testing, sexuality, learning disabilities, preventive health, infertility, pregnancy and childbirth, substance abuse, home caregiving, and first aid
* A host of new and updated features-including full-color spreads on important health topics, Q&A sections, first-person case histories, and newly designed symptoms flowcharts
* New chapters on diet and health, exercise and fitness, maintaining a healthy weight, reducing stress, genetics, complementary and alternative medicine, staying safe and preventing violence, cosmetic surgery, and preventive health care
* A new section on health issues at various life stages
* 64 pages in full color and almost 1,000 illustrations and photographs

Author: American Medical Association
Hardcover: 1200 pages ISBN13: 9780471269113, Condition: USED - GOOD, Notes:
Company: Wiley (2004-08-25)
ISBN: 0471269115
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Get the real-life practice you need to prepare for a successful career! Designed to support Fordney's Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, 11th Edition, this workbook parallels the material in the textbook, and provides realistic, hands-on exercises that help you apply concepts and develop important critical-thinking skills. A companion Evolve website includes patient simulations for additional practice in real-world billing.

Online Student Software Challenge contains 10 patient cases that you can use to complete the CMS-1500 claim form. Self-study review exercises include matching, true/false, multiple-choice, and fill-in-the-blank questions to help you remember important material. Critical-thinking assignments help you apply theory to practice, using short, real-world scenarios to prepare you for working in today's medical office. Key Terms and Key Abbreviations provide a quick reference to the insurance terminology you need to know. A study outline and performance objectives focus your review and ensure that you meet expected outcomes. Evolve resources include Student Software Challenge, online activities, and web links for further research and study.

Learning objectives are reorganized to more closely follow the material in the textbook and the workbook, making it easier to study. New CMS-1500 software helps you complete exercises and practice skills quickly and easily.

Author: Marilyn Fordney CMA-AC
Paperback: 568 pages
Company: Saunders (2009-09-18)
ISBN: 1437701329
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Book includes free CD-ROM of exhibits and forms! Whether you are an expert in medical staff services or a student just starting out, this comprehensive guide presents solutions to the most common dilemmas. Endorsed by the National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS), The Medical Staff Services Handbook: Fundamentals and Beyond provides a complete overview of the major functions performed in a medical staff services department

Author: Cindy A. Gassiot, Vicki L. Searcy, Christina W. Giles
Hardcover: 688 pages
Company: Jones & Bartlett Publishers (2006-05-12)
ISBN: 0763736945
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Keep current with all the latest changes with this complete resource! Trusted by medical insurance instructors and billers for more than 30 years, Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office helps you excel at all aspects of insurance billing for a full range of today's health care plans. In full color, this edition includes all the new regulations, such as the latest information on HIPAA, diagnostic coding, procedural coding, bill collection strategies, and Medicare.

Meticulously reviewed by a panel of industry experts. Emphasis on the business of running a medical office highlights the importance of the medical insurance specialist's role in filing clean claims, solving problems, and collecting overdue payments. Key terms are bolded at first mention, explained within the context of the discussion, and defined in the glossary. Key points summarize important chapter content. Block-by-block explanations and examples demonstrate the correct way to complete the CMS-1500 claim form. Completed sample insurance forms apply concepts to real life. Unique payer icons clarify CMS claim form completion. Form icons and Computer icons ease the transition from paper to electronic filing. Special HIPAA Alerts ensure compliance with governmental privacy regulations. Guidelines for the filing and submission of electronic claims include the do's and don'ts for the electronic environment. Service to Patient features discuss ways to provide quality service to the patient as well as to your co-workers. A documentation chapter covers the principles of documentation and shows how proper documentation can prevent penalties and refund requests, and help you prove compliance in the case of an audit or review. An Evolve website includes supplemental Medisoft activities, self-assessment quizzes, updates of content, and web links for further research and study. A workbook contains learning tips, review exercises, cases, and critical thinking activities for hands-on experience with real-world cases. (Available separately.)

Updated learning objectives correlate directly to the text, making it easier to study and to measure your progress.New CMS-1500 form filler software on Evolve provides additional exercises for hands-on practice.

Author: Marilyn Fordney CMA-AC
Paperback: 704 pages
Company: Saunders (2009-09-23)
ISBN: 1437701280
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The Medical Device R&D Handbook presents a wealth of information for the hands-on design and building of medical devices. Detailed information on such diverse topics as catheter building, prototyping, materials, processes, regulatory issues, and much more are available in this convenient handbook for the first time.

The Medical Device R&D Handbook also includes exclusive interviews with pioneers and leaders in the medical device industry, offering an insider's perspective on issues that are critical to the medical device entrepreneur.

Highlights Include… · An Introduction to Medical Plastics · Catheter Forming Equipment and Operations · Basics of Catheter Construction · Basics of Medical Needles · Rapid Prototyping for Medical Devices · Reverse Engineering for Medical Devices · Using Medical Illustration in Product Development · Introduction to Pre-Clinical Studies · Introduction to Regulatory Affairs · Assessing Biocompatibility · Exclusive Interviews with Key Industry Leaders · …And More

This practical handbook is a unique, insightful guide that helps you design, test, and successfully introduce new medical devices to the marketplace.

Hardcover: 376 pages
Company: CRC Press (2005-11-21)
ISBN: 0849327172
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Author: Miriam Stoppard
Paperback: 320 pages
Company: Perigee Trade (1996-01-01)
ISBN: 0399517650
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Paperback: 1024 pages ISBN13: 9781582554457, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Company: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2005-07-01)
ISBN: 1582554455
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The finest book on basic First Aid available; this manual is based on a great deal of experience under primitive conditions. Chapters include basic life saving first aid, opening the airway and restoring breathing, stop bleeding, treat for shock, first aid for common emergencies. Also, contents of first aid case and kits. Very well illustrated. Do not let yourself or your buddy die; read this book!

Author: Department of Army, United States Army Institute for Military Assistance
Paperback: 400 pages
Company: Apple Pie Publishers, LLC (1999-01-06)
ISBN: 0967512352
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Author: Dale Gieringer, Ed Rosenthal
Paperback: 270 pages ISBN13: 9780932551863, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Company: Quick American Archives (2008-10-28)
ISBN: 0932551866
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Author: Joyce Young Johnson
Paperback: 912 pages ISBN13: 9780781767491, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark., Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices
Company: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2007-03-01)
ISBN: 0781767490
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Trusted by medical insurance specialists for more than 30 years, Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office helps you excel at all aspects of insurance billing for a full range of today's health care plans. This edition helps you keep pace with industry changes, featuring the latest information on HIPAA regulations, diagnostic coding, procedural coding, office and insurance collection strategies, Medicare, and more. The accompanying Student Workbook with CD-ROM (sold separately) lets you practice "real world" billing with patient simulations using Altapoint and the Student Software Challenge.

Procedural (CPT and HCPCS) and diagnostic (ICD-9-CM) coding and documentation are emphasized, since they are the keystones to obtaining maximum reimbursement.Key terms are bolded at first mention, explained within the context of the discussion, and defined in the glossary.Separate chapters on Electronic Data Interchange and HIPAA Compliance and Privacy in Insurance Billing provide essential knowledge of electronic claims filing, informing you of submission guidelines used in the majority of medical offices today.Icons clearly identify each insurance payer with a specific color and graphic, making specific information easy to locate.Compliance features located at appropriate points throughout most chapters offer tips to ensure compliance with correct billing and coding practice, particularly HIPAA and OIG.A separate chapter on documentation in the medical office describes how proper documentation can prevent penalties and refund requests, and help you prove compliance in the case of an audit or review.Detailed examples and samples of completed insurance forms show you how to apply knowledge in the real world.Emphasis on the business of running a medical office highlights the importance of the medical insurance specialist's role in filing clean claims, solving problems that do occur, and collecting overdue payments.Service to Patient feature throughout the chapters focuses on ways to provide quality service to the patient as well as your co-workers.

All content has been reviewed by industry experts and meticulously updated to reflect recent changes in insurance claim filing.In addition to the list of key terms at the beginning of each chapter, a separate list of key abbreviations clarifies common terms identified in the field primarily by their abbreviations.Key points at the end of each chapter briefly summarize important chapter content to help you better understand the subject matter.

Author: Marilyn Fordney CMA-AC
Paperback: 736 pages ISBN13: 9781416036661, Condition: USED - VERY GOOD, Notes:, Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices
Company: Saunders (2007-11-07)
ISBN: 1416036660
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This volume contains 82 chapters that provide detail and understanding to the fields of human and medical virology. The first section describes general features of common human viruses with specialized chapters related to HIV/AIDS. The volume goes on to describe exotic virus infections, including one now eradicated virus (smallpox) and some now controlled by vaccination such as yellow fever. Concepts of medical virology are further developed with entries on viruses associated with oncogenesis and selections of interest to medical virology.

The most comprehensive single-volume source providing an overview of virology issues related to human and medical applications
Bridges the gap between basic undergraduate texts and specialized reviews
Concise and general overviews of important topics within the field will help in preparation of lectures, writing reports, or drafting grant applications

Hardcover: 670 pages
Company: Academic Press (2009-10-30)
ISBN: 0123751470
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The Signet Mosby Medical Encyclopedia is the largest, most complete mass market medical guide in print, with over 20,000 entries on such topocs as prescription and non-prescription drugs, setailed discussions of medical conditions, and the latest medical terminology. There is no other guide that provides this much medical information!

Author: C. V. Mosby
Paperback: 912 pages
Company: Signet (1996-02-01)
ISBN: 0451184092
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Hardcover: 1184 pages
Company: Readers Digest Assn (1989-04)
ISBN: 0394582489
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Hardcover: 319 pages
Company: Medical Research Associates (2005-01)
ISBN: 0974985937
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Until now, there hasn't been a single, authoritative work that clarifies and informs the lay reader about advances in the practice of modern medicine. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine, in filling that need, proves itself the definitive source of knowledge and reassurance for every American home. In short, it is a medical information powerhouse, written in jargon-free language by a special team of medical writers and presented in an exceptionally usable A-to-Z format -- the most thorough and up-to-the-minute medical reference text yet prepared for the general American public, as well as for libraries and schools.

It's unique subject coverage includes: new drugs; special tests; common, rare, and recently-identified diseases, disorders and conditions; state-of-the-art surgical procedures; conflicting or varying opinions; the translation of esoteric terminology -- all complex areas of contemporary medicine that may prove confusing to anyone, even when consulting a physician.

The broad scope of The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine encompasses:

*Over 5,000 entries with 2,200 illustrations.
*Medical terms defined in clear, easy-to-understand language alphabetically arranged.
*Listings of 2,200 common and uncommon disorders, diseases, conditions and cures; over 300 symptoms; 2,500 drugs -- in generic, brand-name and major groupings; 600 tests, procedures and surgical operations.
*Illustrated features on the anatomy of the body's organs and systems.
*Four-color introductory section, offering an overview of the latest advances in diagnosis, healing and curing.
*Anatomically-correct drawings, X rays, specialists' photographs and charts, diagrams and scans.
*Extensive cross-referencing within articles to their main entries, "see alsos" for further information, and "signpost" articles to give overviews of certain subjects.
*General index to main entries, sub-entries and illustrations.

The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine is, along with the diagnostically oriented AMA Family Medical Guide and the specialized, comprehensive AMA Guide to Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs, an authoritative major component of The American Medical Association Home Reference Library, the distinguished series that belongs in every home.

Hardcover: 1136 pages
Company: Random House (1989-04-08) (1989-04-08)
ISBN: 0394565282
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Volume Three 1064 Pages. Hardcover. Illustrated.

Author: M.D. Richard J. Wagman
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Company: J. G. Ferguson Publishing Company (1977)
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From the Most Trusted Name in Medicine: The American Medical Association

·The only new major medical encyclopedia of the century, completely written by the American Medical Association, America’s top medical authority.
·Organized in easy-to-use A-Z format, it covers thousands of medical terms from the common cold to the Lyme Disease. Hundreds of different surgical procedures and tests are explained, as well as the benefits and potential side effects of drugs and treatments.
·Also includes timely information on issues such as bioterrorism, genetic research, robotic surgery, brain imaging, and bionic people.
·Includes cutting-edge topics in alternative medicine, nutrition, mental health, and cosmetic surgery.
·Written and reviewed by top medical doctors and specialists, the Complete Medical Encyclopedia sets a new standard for consumer medical reference.
·Medical editors for this AMA-authored book were Jerrold B. Leikin, MD, and Martin S. Lipsky, MD, both on the faculty of Northwestern University medical school.

Author: American Medical Association
Hardcover: 1376 pages
Company: Random House Reference (2003-10-14) (2003-10-14)
ISBN: 0812991001
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(LifeLine Press) Cornell Univ., New York, NY. First volume in this new series covers more than 40 areas of medicine and includes more than 3,600 health issues. Full-color illustrations are also included. For the consumer.

Author: Antonio Gotto
Hardcover: 1280 pages
Company: LifeLine Press (2002-01-25)
ISBN: 0895261863
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In this era of abundant health information from many different sources, you can trust the American Medical Association Concise Medical Encyclopedia to bring you accurate, authoritative information drawing on the expertise of doctors including a broad spectrum of specialists. The American Medical Association Concise Medical Encyclopedia covers thousands of topics, including diseases, diagnostic procedures, and treatments, offering clear, succinct descriptions and practical information to help you protect your family’s health and communicate better with doctors. The American Medical Association Concise Medical Encyclopedia is an essential book for every home and includes:
·A-Z format that covers everything from Avian flu to Z-plasty
·Over 3,000 up-to-date entries, including the new USDA food pyramid and revised CPR procedures
·Causes, symptoms, and treatments for most medical conditions
·Easy to use charts to help readers find the possible causes of common symptoms
·Over 125 illustrations

Author: American Medical Association
Paperback: 848 pages ISBN13: 9780375721809, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Company: Random House Reference (2006-12-12) (2006-12-12)
ISBN: 0375721800
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Decision making is a critical element in the field of medicine that can lead to life-or-death outcomes, yet it is an element fraught with complex and conflicting variables, diagnostic and therapeutic uncertainties, patient preferences and values, and costs. Together, decisions made by physicians, patients, insurers, and policymakers determine the quality of health care, quality that depends inherently on counterbalancing risks and benefits and competing objectives such as maximizing life expectancy versus optimizing quality of life or quality of care versus economic realities.

Broadly speaking, concepts in medical decision making (MDM) may be divided into two major categories: prescriptive and descriptive. Work in the area of prescriptive MDM investigates how medical decisions should be done using complicated analyses and algorithms to determine cost-effectiveness measures, prediction methods, and so on. In contrast, descriptive MDM studies how decisions actually are made involving human judgment, biases, social influences, patient factors, and so on. The Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making gives a gentle introduction to both categories, revealing how medical and healthcare decisions are actually made-and constrained-and how physician, healthcare management, and patient decision making can be improved to optimize health outcomes.

Key Features

Discusses very general issues that span many aspects of MDM, including bioethics; health policy and economics; disaster simulation modeling; medical informatics; the psychology of decision making; shared and team medical decision making; social, moral, and religious factors; end-of-life decision making; assessing patient preference and patient adherence; and moreIncorporates both quantity and quality of life in optimizing a medical decisionConsiders characteristics of the decisionmaker and how those characteristics influence their decisionsPresents outcome measures to judge the quality or impact of a medical decisionExamines some of the more commonly encountered biostatistical methods used in prescriptive decision makingProvides utility assessment techniques that facilitate quantitative medical decision makingAddresses the many different assumption perspectives the decision maker might choose from when trying to optimize a decisionOffers mechanisms for defining MDM algorithms

With comprehensive and authoritative coverage by experts in the fields of medicine, decision science and cognitive psychology, and healthcare management, this two-volume Encyclopedia is a must-have resource for any academic library.

Hardcover: 1280 pages
Company: Sage Publications, Inc (2009-08-18)
ISBN: 1412953723
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