This series is a compilation of powerful high yield random notes and comparisons that will guarantee laser-sharp comprehensive and effective knowledge acquisition and high score passing rates in the fields of USMLE (US Medical Licensing Exam), Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine boards.

This series is a compilation of powerful high yield random notes and comparisons that will guarantee laser-sharp comprehensive and effective knowledge acquisition and high score passing rates in the fields of USMLE (US Medical Licensing Exam), Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine boards.

"Out of the crucible of medical training, award-winning writer Terrence Holt shapes this ... account of residency, the years-long ordeal in which doctors are made. 'Amid all the mess and squalor of the hospital, with its blind random unraveling of lives,' [this book] finds the compassion from which doctors discover the strength to care"--Dust jacket flap.

Flashes of God's Light is a must-read story of a doctor gifted by God with visions or glimpses into the future. From an early age, an angel, sent from God, foretold his future and guided his path from very poor humble beginnings to a successful medical career. As a child, his parents inculcated in him a solid and strong belief in God, serving as a catalyst for his ability to communicate via flashes of light with God. Written as a series of true events,...

If you care to pass the PACES/OSCE/all clinical internal medicine examinations, and above all practice good medicine, take this book as your trusted guide.

""Medicine still contains an oral tradition, passed down in stories: the stories patients tell us, the ones we tell them, and the ones we tell ourselves," writes contributor Madaline Harrison. Bodies of Truth continues this tradition through a variety of narrative approaches by writers representing all facets of health care. And, since all of us have been or will be touched by illness or disability--our own or that of a loved one--at some point in...

Mnemonics are extremely useful in learning the details of medicine, especially when there are "lists of key causes" to remember. These lists are often on written and clinical exams and medical board tests (such as National Boards and PANCE, Nursing Boards), so it is incumbent on the student to know them well. After a while, the use of mnemonics will become easy. This book contains over 200 "easy to recall" mnemonics and other pearls that will aid...

After 2O years of successful experimentation, Hospital Medicine has now become a part of the established medical landscape. While core competences in medicine can be attained through innumerable books, journals, etc., there is a dearth for literature aimed at enhancing Hospital Medicine practitioners' capacity to perform their day-to-day roles effectively. This lacuna, and the demand to fill it, has led us to publish an abridged version of this handbook....

When Abraham Verghese's marriage unravels, he moves to Texas for a fresh start. There he meets David Smith, a former addict, and the pair's regular tennis matches help them both heal, until David relapses.