Now in its Sixth Edition, this comprehensive text provides pertinent information on medical diagnosis, therapy, lab tests, and health maintenance essential to decision making in primary care medicine. Every chapter has been revised to include more images, tables, and bulleted lists. Practical recommendations that incorporate the best available evidence, expert consensus guidelines, and clinical judgement are listed in bulleted items at the end of every chapter. The dermatology section has been extensively revised for this edition by a new section editor.

A companion Website offers the fully searchable text and an image bank.

Key Features

• NEW: More bulleted lists, tables, and images
• NEW: New dermatology section editor who has extensively updated the dermatology section
• NEW: Second color has been added
• Bulleted recommendations following every chapter
• Annotated bibliography
• Evidence-based references indicate evidence grades
• Internet references