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Part 1: Social and Ethical Issues in Medicine 1: Approach to Medicine, the Patient, and the Medical Profession: Medicine as a Learned and Humane Profession Lee Goldman Editor: Goldman, Lee 2: Bioethics in the Practice of Medicine Ezekiel Emanuel Editor: Goldman, Lee 3: Care of Dying Patients and Their Families Robert Arnold Editor: Goldman, Lee 4: Cultural Context of Medicine Victoria M. Taylor Editor: Goldman, Lee 5: Socioeconomic Issues in Medicine Steven Schroeder Editor: Goldman, Lee Part 2: Principles of Evaluation and Management 6: Approach to the Patient: History and Physical Examination David Simel Editor: Goldman, Lee 7: Approach to the Patient with Abnormal Vital Signs David L. Schriger Editor: Goldman, Lee 8: Statistical Interpretation of Data Thomas Newman;Charles McCulloch Editor: Goldman, Lee 9: Using Data for Clinical Decisions Thomas Lee Editor: Goldman, Lee 10: Measuring Health and Health Care Stephan D. Fihn Editor: Goldman, Lee 11: Quality of Care and Safety of Patients Robert Wachter Editor: Goldman, Lee 12: Comprehensive Chronic Disease Management Edward H. Wagner Editor: Goldman, Lee Part 3: Preventive and Environmental Issues 13: Counseling and Advising for Behavior Changes F. Daniel Duffy Editor: Goldman, Lee 14: The Periodic Health Examination David Atkins Editor: Goldman, Lee 15: Physical Activity David M. Buchner Editor: Goldman, Lee 16: Adolescent Medicine Debra Katzman;Lawrence Neinstein Editor: Goldman, Lee 17: Immunization Walter Orenstein;William Atkinson Editor: Goldman, Lee 18: Principles of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Mark R. Cullen Editor: Goldman, Lee 19: Radiation Injury Arthur Upton Editor: Goldman, Lee 20: Bioterrorism John G. Bartlett Editor: Goldman, Lee 21: Chronic Poisoning: Trace Metals and Others Michael A McGuigan Editor: Goldman, Lee Part 4: Aging and Geriatric Medicine 22: Epidemiology of Aging: Implications of the Aging Society Linda Fried Editor: Goldman, Lee 23: Geriatric Assessment David B. Reuben Editor: Goldman, Lee 24: Common Clinical Sequelae of Aging Kenneth Minaker Editor: Goldman, Lee 25: Incontinence Neil Resnick Editor: Goldman, Lee 26: Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Aging Sharon Inouye Editor: Goldman, Lee 27: Delirium and Other Mental Status Problems in the Older Patient Sharon Inouye Editor: Goldman, Lee Part 5: Clinical Pharmacology 28: Principles of Drug Therapy Robert Diasio Editor: Schafer, Andrew 29: Pain Srinivasa N Raja;Steven P Cohen Editor: Schafer, Andrew 30: Biology of Addiction Steven E. Hyman Editor: Schafer, Andrew 31: Nicotine and Tobacco Tony P. George Editor: Schafer, Andrew 32: Alcohol Abuse and Dependence Patrick O'Connor Editor: Schafer, Andrew 33: Drug Abuse and Dependence Roger Weiss Editor: Schafer, Andrew 34: Immunosuppressive Drugs, Including Corticosteroids Grant Cannon Editor: Schafer, Andrew 35: Biologic Agents Cem Gabay Editor: Schafer, Andrew 36: Prostaglandins, Aspirin, and Related Compounds Carlo Patrono Editor: Schafer, Andrew 37: Antithrombotic Therapy Sam Schulman Editor: Schafer, Andrew 38: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Mary Charlson Editor: Schafer, Andrew Part 6: Genetics 39: Principles of Genetics Bruce Korf Editor: Schafer, Andrew 40: Single-Gene and Chromosome Disorders James R. Lupski Editor: Schafer, Andrew 41: The Inherited Basis of Common Diseases David Altshuler Editor: Schafer, Andrew 42: Applications of Molecular Technologies to Clinical Medicine Geoffrey Ginsburg;Geoffrey Ginsburg Editor: Schafer, Andrew 43: Gene and Cell Therapy Karl Skorecki Editor: Schafer, Andrew Part 7: Principles of Immunology and Inflammation 44: The Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems Cornelia Weyand;Jorg Goronzy Editor: Schafer, Andrew 45: The Major Histocompatibility Complex Peter K. Gregersen Editor: Schafer, Andrew 46: Mechanisms of Immune-Mediated Tissue Injury Jane Salmon Editor: Schafer, Andrew 47: Mechanisms of Inflammation and Tissue Repair Gary S. Firestein Editor: Schafer, Andrew 48: Organ Transplantation Megan Sykes Editor: Schafer, Andrew 49: Complement in Health and Disease David, R. Karp;V. Michael Holers Editor: Schafer, Andrew Part 8: Cardiovascular Disease 50: Approach to the Patient with Possible Cardiovascular Disease Lee Goldman Editor: Goldman, Lee 51: Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease Michael Klag Editor: Goldman, Lee 52: Cardiac Function and Circulatory Control Andrew Marks Editor: Goldman, Lee 53: Radiology of the Heart Murray G. Baron;Arthur E. Stillman Editor: Goldman, Lee 54: Electrocardiography Leonard I Ganz Editor: Goldman, Lee 55: Echocardiography Catherine Otto Editor: Goldman, Lee 56: Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging Christopher Kramer Editor: Goldman, Lee 57: Catheterization and Angiography Morton Kern Editor: Goldman, Lee 58: Heart Failure: Pathophysiology and Diagnosis Barry Massie Editor: Goldman, Lee 59: Heart Failure: Management and Prognosis John JV McMurray;Marc A. Pfeffer Editor: Goldman, Lee 60: Diseases of the Myocardium and Endocardium William McKenna;Perry Elliott Editor: Goldman, Lee 61: Principles of Electrophysiology Hugh Calkins Editor: Goldman, Lee 62: Approach to the Patient with Suspected Arrhythmia Jeffrey Olgin Editor: Goldman, Lee 63: Approach to Cardiac Arrest and Life-Threatening Arrhythmias Robert Myerburg Editor: Goldman, Lee 64: Cardiac Arrhythmias with Supraventricular Origin Peter Zimetbaum Editor: Goldman, Lee 65: Ventricular Arrhythmias William Stevenson Editor: Goldman, Lee 66: Electrophysiologic Interventional Procedures and Surgery Fred Mo