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.

What's New

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!