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"The book scores highly in its huge breath of coverage which makes it a superb general textbook...All in all, you get amazing value for money, a comprehensive an up to date general medical textbook plus electronic versions for a fairly modest sum of money. This makes it easy to recommend if you are looking for a well established general medical textbook."

Univadis, January 2012

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All the health care information you need in one package!

Merck returns! The new 18th Edition of The Merck Manual is packed with essential information on diagnosing and treating medical disorders to help deliver the best patient care. The world’s most widely used and oldest continually published medical reference now features expanded clinical focus on each disorder, as well as more specific guidance on patient examinations. This handy, compact textbook was written by more than 300 expert clinicians for everyday use.

Designed for maximum clinical usefulness, the new Merck Manual makes it easy to find the right information, right when you need it.

• All-new clinical approach chapters
• All-new disease summaries
• 339 chapters, 34 completely new including:
• Nutritional Support
• Neck and Back Pain
• Autonomic Nervous System
• Male Reproductive Endocrinology
• Fractures, Dislocations and Sprains
• Principles of Radiologic Imaging
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Dietary Supplements
• Medicolegal Issues
• Care of the Surgical Patient
Approach to the Critically Ill Patient
• 69 new illustrations
• New cross-referencing to specific pages
• All-new two-colour printing
• New content on vital hot topics such as:
• Critical care medicine
• Metabolic syndrome
• Acute lung injury
• Biological warfare and terrorism
• SARS
• Smallpox
• and much more!