Pocket Companion to Cecil Textbook of Medicine

Book excerpt: Based on Goldman & Bennett's authoritative CECIL TEXTBOOK OF MEDICINE, 21st Edition, this Pocket Companion puts essential and up-to-date clinical guidance at instant disposal! it succinctly summarizes essential information on pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment for virtually every medical condition...presents it in a concise, quick-access format...and fits it into a pocket*for convenient reference anytime! Focuses on issues most important to daily practice. Includes plenty of useful tables and flow diagrams. Provides the authority and usefulness that readers of Cecil have come to trust. Abundant page cross-references and a parallel chapter organizamake it easy to turn directly to the Parent textbook for in-depth information.