Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine (2-Volume Set) - Hardcover

Freedberg, Irwin; Eisen, Arthur; Wolff, Klaus; Austen, K.; Goldsmith, Lowell; Katz, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071380760 ISBN 13: 9780071380768

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, 2003

Synopsis

For decades, thousands of clinicians have turned to Fitzpatrick’s Dermatology in General Medicine for reliable help with making prompt and accurate evaluations of skin disorders, judicious use of laboratory procedures and appropriate treatment decisions.

The 6th Edition continues to integrate the basic and clinical sciences and, like its predecessors, is encyclopaedic in its scope. The two volumes contain 280 chapters covering all aspects of the science and clinical care of the skin in both health and disease. Careful editing ensures ease of use and readability.

Content has been updated and expanded throughout and many new chapters, on topics ranging from photo-immunology to retinoids and botox, have been added. It represents the expertise of over 300 of the world’s most respected specialists – 50 of whom are new to this edition and provide a fresh and valuable perspective.

In addition, 2,300 outstanding, full-colour photographs and hundreds of timesaving, information-at-a-glance tables enhance the text while scores of references facilitate further in-depth research.

About this title

Review:

...a ‘must have’ for any dermatologist’s library. -- Archives of Dermatology (on 5th Edition)

...approaching a masterpiece of textbook publishing. -- Journal of the American Medical Association (on 5th Edition)

Overall this is an outstanding textbook. -- Doody's (on 5th Edition)

The most prestigious dermatology text...now in a state-of-the-science new edition. -- American Family Physician (on 6th Edition)

From the Back Cover:

280 chapters covering the entire spectrum of dermatological science and clinical care

2,300 full-colour photographs and hundreds of topic-clarifying line drawings

300 world-class contributors – with 50 new to this edition

Reorganized, expanded and updated content throughout

Definitive chapter on smallpox and the complications of vaccination

New chapters on topics ranging from photoimmunology to retinoids and botox

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0071380760
• ISBN 13: 9780071380768
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 3328