Agricultural Medicine

Agricultural Medicine-1

James E. Lessenger Editor 2006 This is the book I wish I had when I started practicing medicine in an agricultural community. During 22 years of researching, practicing, and teaching agricultural medicine, I have encountered bat bites, thorn punctures from citrus, grain harvester machine entrapments, and pesticide exposures.

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Academic Medicine: A Guide for Clinicians

Academic Medicine. A Guide for Clinicians-1

Robert B. Taylor 2006 There are three important life decisions when mistakes could be especially costly for the clinician: Whom (or if) you marry, your specialty choice, and the path of your career. I really can’t help you with the first decision, and your specialty choice has probably already been made. This book is about the third decision—the direction of […]

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Taylor’s Cardiovascular Diseases

Taylors Cardiovascular Diseases-1

Robert B. Taylo 2005 A Handbook In the end, most of our patients—and also most of us clinicians— will die a cardiovascular death. During life, many will experience discomfort and disability caused by diseases of the heart and blood vessels. This book is intended to be a primer on these causes of morbidity and mortality.  

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Handhelds in Medicine

Handhelds in Medicine-1

Scott M. Strayer Peter L. Reynolds Mark H. Ebell Editors 2005 A Practical Guide for Clinicians Have you ever wanted to calculate the predicted peak flow for one of your asthmatic patients without spending valuable minutes searching for that confounded little slide rule gizmo? How about being able to enter your patient’s risk factors and cholesterol number, and have […]

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