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By Walter Siegenthaler, 1144 pp, $129.95.
New York, NY, Thieme Publishers, 2007.
ISBN-13 978-1-5889-0551-2.

JAMA. 2007;298(17):2072-2073.

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As the 20th-century English author Gilbert Keith Chesterton insightfully noted, "The simplification of anything is always sensational." Seekers of clinical information, while eschewing superficiality, often prefer simplicity over complexity. Walter Siegenthaler's Differential Diagnosis in Internal Medicine: From Symptom to Diagnosis is an easy-to-use, unpretentious reference that aspires to be both comprehensive and simple. Considered a classic textbook in Europe (currently in its 19th German edition, though this is the first English version), it uses a practical approach to internal medicine. The book tackles the vast and overwhelming volume of information that is internal medicine in a way that mimics the clinical process, ie, beginning with the patient's complaint or abnormal test result. It then creates a framework in which the clinician can generate a differential diagnosis. Since its focus is on aiding the clinician in observing, examining, testing, and diagnosing the patient, it can therefore be a more useful resource . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Daniel G. Federman, MD, Reviewer; Eric H. Chanko, MD, Reviewer
Department of Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
VA Connecticut Health Care
West Haven
daniel.federman@va.gov

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