Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine

The definitive guide to field of Hospital Medicine – updated, streamlined, and redesigned

Presented in full color and enhanced by more than 600 illustrations, this authoritative text provides a solid background in all the important clinical, organizational, and administrative areas now required for the practice of hospital medicine. The goal of the book is provide trainees, junior and senior clinicians, and other professionals with a comprehensive resource that they can use to improve care processes and performance in the hospitals that serve their communities.

The second edition has been completely updated to reflect the field’s latest trends and issues, such as value-based medicine, bedside clinical reasoning, and hospitalist care in the post-acute care setting. The book is also enhanced by an improved interior design and a more streamlined presentation.

· Each chapter opens with boxed Key Clinical Questions that are addressed in the text and hundreds of tables encapsulate important information

· Case studies demonstrate how to apply the concepts covered in the text directly to the hospitalized patient

Sylvia McKean, MD (Boston, MA) is a Senior Hospitalist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Dan Dressler, MD (Atlanta, GA) is a Professor of Medicine and Director of Internal Medicine Teaching Services at Emory University Hospital, as well as Associate Program Director of the J Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program and Co-Director of the Semmelweis Society at the Emory University School of Medicine.

John Ross, MD (Boston, MA) is a Hospitalist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Danielle Scheurer, MD (Charleston, SC) is Associate Professor of Medicine and Chief Quality Officer at the Medical University of South Carolina.