Clinical Dermatology: A Color Guide to Diagnosis and Therapy by Thomas P. Habif

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Completely revised and updated, the 4th Edition of this popular reference presents a wealth of new features to enable readers to identify, treat, and manage skin diseases more easily than ever. Atlas-like guidance, complemented with detailed, diagnostic text, combine to offer readers a user-friendly resource they'll consult again and again. Also available as a separate website and e-dition package, this book is widely recognized as the world's leading dermatologic manual.

• Outstanding photographs of virtually every common skin disorder.
• Features a team of world-renown editors and contributors.
• Uses a consistent format in every chapter to present information in a logical, easy-reference fashion.

• Includes a special section featuring dermatoscopy images and diagnostic techniques for the diagnosis of melanoma and other pigmented lesions.
• Features more than 200 new images as well as new management algorithms, making diagnosis and treatment much more efficient.
• Organizes disease information with an alphabetical listing on the inside front and back covers, allowing for quick access to specific guidance.

Susan M. Swetter

This third edition of a respected textbook provides anexcellent source of practical dermatological information to a broadaudience. The book is comprehensive, covering morphology of skindiseases, therapeutic principles, dermatologic conditions, and surgicalprocedures in language that is understandable for medical students,resident trainees, and nondermatologists. The objectives are toprovide the practicing physician with an illustrated atlas ofdermatologic diseases and as well as a useful source of generaldermatologic principles. As clearly outlined in the preface, the bookis intended to teach basic clinical dermatology and therapy to medicalstudents, interns and residents, and primary care physicians. It alsoserves as a useful color atlas and general dermatology reference fordermatology residents and practicing dermatologists. The textcontains more than 1000 high-quality color illustrations providingexamples of both common and rare skin diseases. It even includesphotographs of the varied creatures causing bite and stings! Tablesare used to highlight therapeutic approaches to cutaneousdisorders. The latest edition of this book maintains a tradition ofexcellence established previously, with important updated informationon clinical diseases and discoveries of the past five years. Theauthor's objectives of providing a teaching tool for medical traineesand nondermatologists as well as an outstanding clinical reference fordermatologists are met.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Susan M. Swetter, M.D. (Stanford University Medical Center)
Description:This third edition of a respected textbook provides an excellent source of practical dermatological information to a broad audience. The book is comprehensive, covering morphology of skin diseases, therapeutic principles, dermatologic conditions, and surgical procedures in language that is understandable for medical students, resident trainees, and nondermatologists.
Purpose:The objectives are to provide the practicing physician with an illustrated atlas of dermatologic diseases and as well as a useful source of general dermatologic principles.
Audience:As clearly outlined in the preface, the book is intended to teach basic clinical dermatology and therapy to medical students, interns and residents, and primary care physicians. It also serves as a useful color atlas and general dermatology reference for dermatology residents and practicing dermatologists.
Features:The text contains more than 1000 high-quality color illustrations providing examples of both common and rare skin diseases. It even includes photographs of the varied creatures causing bite and stings! Tables are used to highlight therapeutic approaches to cutaneous disorders.
Assessment:The latest edition of this book maintains a tradition of excellence established previously, with important updated information on clinical diseases and discoveries of the past five years. The author's objectives of providing a teaching tool for medical trainees and nondermatologists as well as an outstanding clinical reference for dermatologists are met.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Details from Seller

• ISBN: 0323013198
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Pub. Date: October 2003
• Condition:

Comments from the Seller: 2004 Hard cover 4th ed. New. No dust jacket as issued. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 1024 p. Contains: Illustrations. Clinical Dermatology. Audience: General/trade.

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