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Differential Diagnosis
edited by Jeremiah A. Barondess and Charles C.J. Carpenter, 968 pp, $75, ISBN 0-8121-1446-9, Malvern, Pa, Lea & Febiger, 1994.
Robert M. Callis, MD, Reviewer
Lexington Family Practice Columbia, SC
Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(9):835.
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The acquisition of clinical data and the logical processing of these data are the foundation of the practice of medicine. Differential Diagnosis is a well-written and readable book that presents this process as it applies to many syndromes seen in the field of internal medicine.
Differential Diagnosis is Written for diagnosticians and is very well suited as a reference text. The authors assume that the reader has a good foundation of basic medical knowledge and knowledge of the techniques of history taking and physical examination and the criteria for test selection. The causes of each syndrome are discussed by a leading authority in the field and are supplemented by clinical vignettes.
Following each chapter are illustrative cases from the New England Journal of Medicine. This allows the reader to work through the process and see how expert diagnosticians process information and arrive at their diagnostic conclusions. The early
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