The leading textbook of hospital medicine - completely updated to
reflect today's challenges
A Doody's Core Title for 2022!
Since its publication in 2012, Principles and Practice of Hospital
Medicine, Second Edition has become the field's premier resource.
Comprehensive, authoritative, and practical, this landmark text provides
a solid grounding in clinical, organizational, and administrative areas
central to the practice of hospital medicine.
The Second Edition has been completely updated to reflect the evolving
practice responsibilities of hospitalists. Examples include value-based
medicine, expanded surgical content, bedside clinical reasoning, and a
new segment devoted to rehabilitation and skilled nursing care. This
edition also features a more accessible and streamlined full-color
design enriched by more than 600 illustrations. Each clinical chapter
opens with boxed Key Clinical Questions that are addressed in the text
and summarized in hundreds of tables. Case studies demonstrate how to
apply this information specifically to the management of hospitalized
patients.
Representing the expertise of more than two hundred renowned
contributors, Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, Second
Edition is logically divided into six sections:
- The Specialty of Hospital Medicine and Systems of Care
- Medical Consultation
- Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Care
- The Approach to the Patient at the Bedside
- Diagnostic Testing and Procedures
- Clinical Conditions in the Inpatient Setting
Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, Second Edition is
essential reading for clinicians who strive to optimize inpatient care
and sharpen their leadership skills.
