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Manual of Clinical Problems in Adult Ambulatory Care
2nd ed, edited by Laurie Dornbrand, Axalla J. Hoole, C. Glenn Pickard, Jr, 748 pp, $26.50, ISBN 0-316-19019-5, Boston, Mass, Little Brown & Co Inc, 1992.
K. Patricia McGann, MD, MSPH, Reviewer
Winston-Salem, NC
Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(3):240.
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This spiral-bound handbook is similar to others in the expanding collection of publications that focus on practical aspects of common problems in various areas of medicine. The manuals are designed to be used as quick references during patient care activities, and this one is no exception. As the title implies, it deals with adult ambulatory care, and covers a broad range of topics predominantly in internal medicine, but includes common problems in psychiatry as well as various surgical specialties.
The book is divided into sections defined for the most part by organ systems, although sections on more general topics such as constitutional symptoms, health maintenance, dizziness, and chronic idiopathic pain are also included. The contents are limited to common ambulatory problems and are well referenced. The text is clearly written, practical, and contains balanced views in controversial areas. In-depth reviews of relevant basic science material are not included in
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