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Clinical Dermatology
Edited by Richard Weller, John A. A. Hunter, John Savin, and Mark V. Dahl
4th ed, 426 pp, $72.95
Malden, MA, Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-4663-0
JAMA. 2009;301(16):1720.
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The fourth edition of Clinical Dermatology attempts to present "more science behind diseases and their treatment" than competing dermatology primers. The target audience is family physicians, but we believe the text is appropriate for medical students learning dermatology for the first time. The text likewise provides a reasonable framework for dermatology educators to consider when planning a dermatology course or lecture program. The new edition adds 3 new chapters on racially pigmented skin (skin of color), dermatology of different age groups (largely neglecting pediatric dermatology), and cosmetic dermatology (omitting laser hair removal).
The 27 chapters and more than 400 pages contain nearly 350 clinical photographs and numerous diagrams. The diagrams throughout illustrate anatomy, pathogenesis, and clinical features of skin diseases in an exceptionally informative and easy-to-comprehend manner. However, the book includes more than 30 masked photographs—those with black boxes over the individuals' eyes—a publishing practice now discouraged by leading medical . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Cory A. Dunnick, MD, Reviewer;
Robert P. Dellavalle, MD, PhD, MSPH, Reviewer
Department of Dermatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver
robert.dellavalle@uchsc.edu
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