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The most thorough major academic textbook available, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field. The author integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers. A much greater number of these accounts and updated examples are added to the new fourteenth edition, including:

• Coverage of Zika, Ebola, MERS, and updates on other pandemics.
• Expanded discussion of obesity as a disease.
• Coverage of the widening gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor
• New information on the decline of life expectancy among American white women, especially those who live in rural counties.
• Fresh material on biomarkers, gene-environment interaction, and stress.
• An analysis of the role of the hidden curriculum in medical schools
• An extensive review and update on the Affordable Care Act

This companion website features materials for students and instructors alike, ranging between an explanation of key terms spotlighted throughout the text to supplementary video content and test samples, all with the intent of making this latest edition a truly intensive and immersive academic resource.