Product Description The new edition of this reorganized text emphasizes practicality and includes expeditious features that enable both students and practitioners to find authoritative answers fast. With "Approach to Patients" chapters that focus on evaluation and work-up, complete descriptions of disease-specific entities with highlighted "Indications for Referrals" and "Indications for Hospitalization," and a rapid-access guide summarizing key facts, this authoritative textbook has been streamlined and referenced for quick access to information. Includes 120 evidence-based algorithms that detail step-by-step patient management. LWW/Medcases Case Companion on-line review tool for this title, click http://www.medcases.com/lippincott Book Info Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Brandon/Hill Medical List selection (#295). Comprehensive reference and textbook for students, residents, and clinicians. Previous edition, c1997, was authored by William N. Kelley. Major new feature is a series of evidence-based 'clinical decision guides' which outline the management protocols for major problems. DNLM: Internal Medicine.