Essentials of Family Medicine (Sloane, 5th edition) [Paperback]

Philip D. Sloane (Editor), Lisa M. Slatt (Editor), Mark H. Ebell (Editor), Louis B. Jacques (Editor), Mindy A. Smith (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781781884 | ISBN-13: 978-0781781886 | Publication Date: April 30, 2007 | Edition: Fifth

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 816 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fifth edition (April 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781781884
• ISBN-13: 978-0781781886
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,450 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good review, October 11, 2005

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This review is from: Essentials of Family Medicine (Book with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

The first third of the book has information for someone who is about to enter a residency. The last two thirds has chapters for someone that is about to enter their third year. I have yet to understand that reason why they included this seemingly different information in one book. It should be split into two.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ehh..It has its moments, October 31, 2009

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This review is from: Essentials of Family Medicine (Sloane, 5th edition) (Paperback)

This book was required for my FamMed clerkship. I like the general format and flow of it, but it doesn't provide much in the way of strong clinical guidelines "rules of thumb" that you need to make decisions in the real world; memorizing the endless epi / study data presented is useless.

Fatal Flaw: This is the FIFTH edition of this book. (If I understand that correctly, it means it has been re-edited and re-printed 5 times.) The number of typos is absurd and unacceptable. One or two is understandable, but after a while, you start to get the feeling that no one really cared enough about this book to bother with proof reading it. Spelling errors are annoying. The WORST is when they use an abbreviation(eg ATFL) and define it as one thing (anterior talofibular ligament) and then use it to mean other things a few pages later (anterior tibiofibular ligament...fyi, these are not the same ligaments...) SO ANNOYING!

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a good reference book, July 11, 2006

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This review is from: Essentials of Family Medicine (Book with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

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.