2014 Medical Reference Catalogue

INTERNAL MEDICINE

The Washington Manual of Outpatient Internal Medicine Thomas M. De Fer, MD FACP Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Medical Education, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Second Edition

The Washington Manual of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Emily Fondahn MD Instructor of Medicine; Patient Safety and Quality Fellow; Division of Medical Education; Washington U. of St. Louis Thomas M. De Fer, MD Michael Lane, MD Andrea Vanucci, MD, DEAA Third Edition

September 2014 / Paperback Approx. 1056 pp. / Approx. 45 lllus. 9781451143270

September 2014 / Paperback Approx. 448 pp. / Approx. 100 Tables 9781451193558

Series: Lippincott Manual Series

Specialty: Lippincott Manual Series

DESCRIPTION The Washington Manual of Outpatient Internal Medicine is designed as a companion to the Manual of Medical Therapeutics, addressing the most common encounters in outpatient internal medicine - for example, hypertension and diabetes. Disorders treated in the ambulatory setting fall outside traditional internal medicine; therefore, chapters also cover dermatology, otolaryngology, neurology and psychiatry and ophthalmology. The 2nd edition includes: f f A complete update of all chapters. f f Color-enhanced, templated chapters for easy lookup and enhanced readability f f Evidence-based chapters f f Tables and figures guide readers through evaluation and management of the most common medical problems encountered in outpatient internal medicine

DESCRIPTION The Washington Manual of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement provides a basic framework of many common principles in patient safety and quality improvement to a broad market of medical students and residents, nurses, patient safety officers and pharmacists. Chapters address a practical and multidisciplinary overview of patient safety in complex health care systems, and each concept is introduced using a clinical vignette. The text introduces models, measurements and tools to assess patient safety and quality improvement, and discusses types of medical errors, how to respond to adverse events, and potential solutions. The book's overall purpose is to highlight specific issues of patient safety relevant to different specialties.

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