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edited by Allan H. Goroll and Albert G. Mulley, Jr, 5th ed, 1516 pp, with illus, $89.95, ISBN 0-7817-4878-X, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.

JAMA. 2006;295:1313-1314.

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When this textbook first appeared in 1981, it was among the very few to focus on primary care of the adult patient. Adult medicine reference texts of the time consisted of exhaustive, disease-focused discussions. The focus of Primary Care Medicine, however, remains the evaluation and management of the adult patient in the outpatient primary care setting, aimed at the physician who provides such care. The textbook continues to concentrate on preventive screening and on evaluation of symptoms before determining a diagnosis, with succinct chapters on management of common diseases of adults. These essential components have been preserved through five editions spanning 25 years.

The book has 16 sections containing 239 chapters. The first two sections are "Principles of Primary Care" and "Systemic Problems." The next 13 sections cover organ systems. The final section is "Allied Fields," which covers herbal supplements, caring for the adolescent patient, and an approach to frailty . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Barry Hainer, MD, Reviewer
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
hainerbl@musc.edu

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