"An Expert Consult title"--Cover.

Rev. ed. of: Cecil textbook of medicine.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sect. I: Social and ethical issues in medicine -- Sect. II: Principl es of evaluation and management -- Sect. III: Preventive and environmen tal issues -- Sect. IV: Aging and geriatric medicine -- Sect. V: Clini cal pharmacology -- Sect. VI: Genetics -- Sect. VII: Principles of immu nology and inflammation -- Sect. VIII: Cardiovascular disease -- Sect. IX: Respiratory diseases -- Sect. X: Critical care medicine -- Sect: XI : Renal and genitourinary diseases -- Sect. XII: Gastrointestinal disea ses -- Sect. XIII: Diseases of the liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts - - Sect. XIV: Hematologic diseases -- Sect. XV: Oncology -- Sect. XVI: M etabolic diseases -- Sect. XVII: Nutritional diseases -- Sect. XVIII: E ndocrine diseases -- Sect. XIX: Women's health -- Sect. XX: Diseases of bone and mineral metabolism -- Sect. XXI: Diseases of allergy and clin ical immunology -- Sect. XXII: Rheumatic disease -- Sect. XXIII: Infect ious diseases -- Sect. XXIV: Human immunodeficiency virus and the acqui red immunodeficiency syndrome -- Sect. XXV: Neurology -- Sect. XXVI: Ey e, ear, nose, and throat diseases -- Sect. XXVII: Medical consultation -- Sect. XXVIII: Skin diseases.