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Rave reviews for previous editions! "...should serve as a standard against which all future atlases will be measured ..." - "New England Journal of Medicine". "...an unbeatable value" - "Archives of Dermatology. "...an excellent resource for all health care providers ..." - "Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners". "...an excellent stand-alone atlas and management guide" - "Annals of Internal Medicine".For generations of doctors and health care providers, the "Fitz Atlas & Synopsis" remains the number one reference for quick and comprehensive on-the-spot diagnosis. Here's why: 'extensive library of superb color photos - more than 800 (there are actually 857 figures and images) - many new - from the authors' international collection; 'comprehensive coverage of conditions - more than 400 conditions from the most mild and common to the most severe in both children and adults'; accessible format - an easy-to-follow interior format that provides ,for each condition, one or more photographs, a concise summary of clinical features, etiology, lab test guidelines, differential diagnosis and treatment.' It includes: in-depth coverage of important conditions - more than 30 images of melanoma; comprehensive listings of therapy for infections diseases, etc; 'softcover and affordable to all physicians, students, and healthcare professionals around the world; master authors - Klaus Wolff and Richard A. Johnson continue the expert tradition established by Thomas B. Fitzpatrick by providing a new and improved format to meet today's healthcare needs. New to this edition are more than 300 new images, many focusing on conditions of people of color. More than 50 per cent of the text is restructured, completely rewritten, and management updated throughout. It also includes a new chapter of how to make a diagnosis, and user-friendly color design and icons to improve information retrieval. It also features Website listings for selected conditions, including skin manifestations of bioterrorism for physicians and patients.
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