Dermatology for Clinicians: A Practical Guide to Common Skin Conditions (Hardcover)

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Provides step-by-step, detailed instructions for diagnosis and treatment. The author offers both basic and advanced approaches to managing common skin problems. - Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin

The author has supplied this information with enough relevant background material to allow the non-dermatologist physician to readily understand and apply it comfortably and confidently. This book serves its purpose well and should be useful to practicing general physicians as an easily accessible, clear guide to the management of commonly encountered dermatologic problems. - *** Ronald Reisner MD, Doodys Review

…provides step-by-step, detailed instructions for diagnosis and treatment. The author offers both basic and advanced approached to managing common skin problems.
-- Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin

Product Description
When patients present with skin conditions in your daily practice, have you ever wished you had a dermatologist looking over your shoulder? Or that you could confer with a dermatologist and get the latest information on techniques and approaches? How many times have you referred a patient to a specialist when treating the condition yourself would save time, money, and the effort of filling out paperwork? Now you can have all that and more. Dermatology for Clinicians: A Practical Guide to Common Skin Conditions contains detailed instructions that enable you to use comfortably the advanced approaches that dermatologists use. The book describes each condition and discusses its treatment in a clear, simple, detailed, step-by-step fashion. The information is easy to find, easy to understand, and, ultimately, easy to employ. The author takes a pathology/disease-oriented approach to general dermatological problems. He presents both simple and more advanced approaches to diagnosing and managing common skin problems. In addition, the book features unique, not well known, or not previously described "pearls" for diagnosing and managing dermatological conditions. The ability to provide quality cost-effective care has become paramount in health care. Needless referrals increase costs in time and money for all concerned. Dermatology for Clinicians: A Practical Guide to Common Skin Conditions allows you to grasp easily and apply efficiently dermatological approaches. It also helps you provide cost-effective care to patients while saving yourself the time-consuming administrative procedures that many insurance companies require for referrals.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 344 pages
• Publisher: Informa HealthCare; 1 edition (June 27, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1842141260
• ISBN-13: 978-1842141267
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #625,451 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!, November 24, 2003

By	Elissa Ely M.D. (Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin) - See all my reviews

"A reference guide for primary care physicians whose patients present with skin problems, this book outlines common dermatological conditions--including psoriasis, herpes, acne, scars, fungal infections, and skin cancers--and provides step-by-step, detailed instructions for diagnosis and treatment. The author offers both basic and advanced approaches to managing common skin problems."