The Family Medicine Handbook, 5th Edition

Key Features

Rapid reference boxes, tables and algorithms.Back To Top

New to This Edition

• New two-color format will emphasize major headings, “fast facts,” evidence icons, table headings, algorithms, etc.
• Provides levels of evidence, where appropriate and designated with an icon.
• Key point boxes will be added throughout the text and designated with an icon.
• New herbal formulary will be simplified but expanded. Drug-herb interactions will be highlighted as will dangerous herbs. Herbal therapies will be evaluated as “effective”, “possibly effective” or “not effective” for each purported indication.
• Expanded Infectious Diseases section including adult immunization information, SARS, West Nile, and a bioterrorism guide that will primarily cover procedures needed at the time of exposure (isolation, treatment, laboratory diagnosis, etc.).
• Expanded Hematology section including clotting and platelet disorders and the evaluation of elevated serum total protein.
• A page of an annotated list of useful websites.
• A “Care of the Elderly Patient” section pulling together information from other chapters that apply specifically to the care of the increasing elder population in the United States.

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Author Information

By University of Iowa; University of Iowa; Mark A. Graber, MD, Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Departments of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA; Jennifer L. Jones and Jason K. WilburBack To Top