This timely edition of this comprehensive text has been thoroughly revised and updated reflecting the new patient management responsibilities that are dictated by today's health care reform. Highly acclaimed in previous editions, this practical text continues to provide pertinent information on medical diagnosis, therapy, lab tests, and health maintenance. Topics covered in this edition include outpatient management of HIV patients, communication of risks and prognosis, interpreting evidence of therapeutic efficacy, new strategies for hypertension control and hyperlipidemia.