Cecil Essentials of MedicineThis text provides readable as well as comprehensive coverage of the essential elements required to conduct a biologically effective practice of internal medicine coupled with the compassionate approach that is indispensable to healing. This new edition offers a review of all current knowledge and advances - physiologic, biomedical, pathophysiological, clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic. |
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