This up-to-date medical text focuses on latest approaches to diagnosis, evaluation, and management for commonly occurring primary care problems. The latest diagnostic criteria and evidence-based treatment guidelines from major authoritative sources are incorporated in order to provide the busy primary care clinician with a comprehensive, yet practical and useful source.

The book also focuses on wellness care for the adult and contains the most recent dietary recommendations from the Institute of Medicine as well as the latest recommendations of the Third US Preventive Services Task Force.