Cecil Essentials Of Medicine - 8th edition

Summary: Students, residents, and instructors swear by Andreoli and Carpenter's Cecil Essentials of Medicine because it presents just the right amount of information, just the right way. Edited by the late Thomas E. Andreoli, MD as well as Ivor Benjamin, MD, Robert C. Griggs, MD, and Edward J. Wing, MD, it focuses on core principles and how they apply to patient care, covering everything you need to know to succeed on a medical rotation or residency. Masterful editing and a user-friendly full ...show more-color design make absorbing and retaining information as effortless as possible, and Student Consult online access offers convenient, flexible reference to the complete contents of the book plus additional clinical photos and radiologic images, videos demonstrating procedures, audio recordings of heart and lung sounds, and more. New chapters on ''Pre- and Post-Operative Care'' and ''Palliative Care,'' plus the integration of molecular biology and other new horizons in medicine, familiarize you with the most current clinical concepts.Student Consult online access offers convenient, flexible reference to the complete contents of the book plus additional clinical photos and radiologic images, videos demonstrating procedures, audio recordings of heart and lung sounds, and more.An expanded International Editorial Board provides increased input from respected practitioners worldwide.Excellent images and clinical photographs vividly illustrate the appearance and clinical features of disease.Masterful editing and a user-friendly full-color design make absorbing and retaining information as effortless as possible.Web icons throughout the printed book call your attention to additional content available online thorough Student Consult.Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a do ...show less

Edition/Copyright: 8TH 10
Cover: Paperback
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Co.
Published: 04/12/2010

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