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Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal & Liver Disease e-dition, 7th Edition

E-ditions are core medical reference books that have been packaged with a website that complements the written material . The website contains all the text and illustrations from the book. This e-dition product offers a two volume book set plus a web site delivering the contents of the most complete reference work available on the subject, Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 7th Edition. A powerful search engine on the web portion allows users to rapidly locate authoritative, richly illustrated, user-friendly guidance on any subject in the specialty. Downloadable illustrations, links to MEDLINE abstracts, customisable patient education sheets, drug alerts, and guidelines further enhance the site's clinical utility. The result is one of the most powerful information sources in gastroenterology.

Reviews
"The seventh edition of Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases is an excellent comprehensive resource for those at all stages of training and practice."
-- Gastroenterology, November 2003 (review of book version)

Features
Includes both the text and a continually updated online reference. Contains 18 months of retrospective updates selected and edited by Drs Feldman and Friedman. Enables users to search through the entire text for information on specific conditions, symptoms, treatments, and drugs-and find the answers they need quickly. Includes a CD-ROM with an image library allowing users to download any illustrations from the book for use in PowerPoint&tm; slide presentations, ideal as a visual aid for lectures. Features links to MEDLINE abstracts for all of the text's bibliographical references, greatly expediting any search for additional information. Includes patient information sheets that can be given to patients. Offers the latest guidelines.