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Essentials of Family Medicine (Sloane, 5th edition)
from: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616
EAN: 9780781781886
Edition: 5
ISBN: 0781781884
Label: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 816
Publication Date: April 01, 2007
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Studio: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Editorial Review:
Written at the clerkship level, this book is a comprehensive introduction to family medicine. It is organized into three sections--principles of family medicine, preventive care, and common problems--and includes chapters on evidence-based medicine and complementary therapies. The text has a user-friendly writing style, focuses on common clinical problems, and uses case studies to show practical applications of key concepts. This edition features an updated art program, more illustrations, summaries, consistent headings, greater emphasis on evidence-based care, and more diverse family physician profiles representing varied practice settings. A companion Website offers the fully searchable text, 75 study questions, and an ExamKit of more than 300 questions with which faculty can generate tests.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great book for evidence based medicine
This was recommended by a friend and I have been using it to study for the family practice boards. Is a wonderful review book that really sums up alot of information. Great quick read that is a wonderful base. Would highly recommend.
Rating:  - useless
whatever you do, don't get this book. don't get the new version either. Unless your clerkship demands that you use it and bases all its curriculum around it (including using the exam written by the same authors), then it's not worth it. It's painful to read, and overpriced for its paper quality and medical content.
And so far the opinion has held for all my classmates as well.
If you can borrow it from a classmate, do so. If you must buy it, then buy it used.
Rating: - In good conscience I cannot recommend this text
This text is the required book for my Family Medicine program. While I have never been a fan of dense books, I can honestly state that this is the most cumbersome book I have read for medical school. It is dense, flows poorly, and the advise within chapters is very often contradictory.
The absolute worse feature of the book is it is very light in clinical material. It sites empirical and evidence based medicine ad nauseum, but when it mentioned a maneuver it almost never explains ... Read More
Rating:  - Great text for medical students on a family medicine clerkship!
I used this book during my family medicine clerkship during third year of medical school and thought that it was useful as a primary textbook and also served well as a reference text. There is a lot of good information that is well organized and easy to read. I would suggest buying this text if you have a family medicine clerkship coming up (this probably applies to nursing and PA students as well).
Rating: - Not a good reference book
This book was "required" reading at my med school, and NO ONE found it helpful. It had a very general overview of concepts, but was not good for a reference book or for studying for the shelf exam. As a resident, I wouldn't waste my time with it either.
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