The principles and practice of medicine
- 23rd ed.
- New York McGraw-Hill Education 1996
Each chapter stresses why a condition is important, how patients present and how to work through the differential diagnosis with the history, physical exam, and use of diagnostic tests. Reviews the pathophysiology of each disorder in the context of the clinical manifestations that it explains. Discusses the care for patients before, during and after diagnosis. Offers a clinically based perspective on how symptoms, syndromes, and diseases fit into the grand scheme of medicine, together with the overall appreciation for natural history, principles of management and outcome.