Blueprints in Family Medicine (Paperback)

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Blueprints IN FAMILY MEDICINE

From the series you know and trust comes Blueprints in Family Medicine! At last the perfect complement to your family practice rotation, this text gives you the high-yield facts you need all in one book.

Blueprints in Family Medicine features 75 chapters of the most pertinent ambulatory content for Family Medicine, and covers unique topics in preventive medicine, prenatal care, and issues of family violence. It also provides exclusive chapters on hypertension, respiratory disease, and joint pain, which highlight the most frequent problems encountered in outpatient medicine. You'll find it useful as a study guide, and to review for USMLE Step 3.

Blueprints in Family Medicine offers:

· Clinical problems and principles common to outpatient medicine
· High-yield review of specific symptoms and diseases
· Handy, one-volume resource for your use in clinics
· Need-to-know content written by residents and experienced family practice physicians

Study with the series that works as hard as you do!

Product Details

• Paperback: 348 pages
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers; 1st edition (June 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0632045795
• ISBN-13: 978-0632045792
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #257,448 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple. Concise. Helpful., May 18, 2003

By	Angelo Lozada (Univ. of Sto. Tomas, Philippines) - See all my reviews

Blueprints in Family Medicine is not only useful for steps 2&3 USMLE takers. Students like myself have found this book useful as a quick and easy reference when in comes to common clinical problems and questions.

This book has helped me pinpoint to answers to medical cases discussed in school. It provides essential information and possible causes of common patient compliants.

The brief but substantial explanation of the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, diagnostic approach, and treatment/management of common diseases gives the student astute understanding of the disorders and diseases found in the book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blueprints in Family Medicine, March 15, 2003

By	Brigham R Temple (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

Great resource for both residents and medical students with concise overviews of the most common presenting illnesses seen in general family practice. I used it to study for Step 3, and found it a very high yield reference.