Conn's Current Therapy 2008: Text with Online Reference, 1e [Hardcover]

Robert E. Rakel MD (Author), Edward T. Bope MD (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1416044353 | ISBN-13: 978-1416044352 | Publication Date: December 14, 2007 | Edition: 1 Har/Pas

Get multiple perspectives from more than 300 leading practitioners from over 15 countries on managing hundreds of common disorders affecting every organ system. The 2008 volume offers the latest thinking on everything from insomnia and hypertension...to smallpox and toxic chemical agents...as well as online access to the complete contents of the 2006, 2007 and 2008 volumes - fully searchable, giving you multiple opinions on treatment. In print and online, Conn's consistently offers you the fastest approach to the latest treatments for the most effective results!

• New Key Diagnostic Points and Key Treatment boxes throughout the text.
  
• Opinions informed not just by evidence, but by years of experience.
  
• Coverage of recently approved and soon-to-be-approved drugs, and current information on herbal products.
  
• Access to the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions' complete contents online at www.connscurrenttherapy.com - fully searchable - plus PocketConsult technology so you can download content to your PDA, and much more!
  
• Virtually all new content every year addressing the conditions you're seeing in your practice right now.
  
• Coverage of nearly 300 conditions and up to 6 treatments for each condition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book is an excellent resource for any practicing physician in both primary and secondary care. It is very concise, easy to read and includes the most up to date advances in the therapeutic field.
The online access and the ability to cross reference a treatment option makes this book an ideal choice for any physician. It makes the contents easily and rapidly accessible from any location with an internet access such as outpatient clinics, GP surgeries and ward rounds. The pocket consult technology which allows downloading of excerpts and continually updated drug data content to a handheld device is also a useful bonus.
This is is one of the best resources providing up-to-date, succinct, concrete and practical advice on hundreds of common disorders in a very easy-to-use format.
Dr Nilar Than - Univadis, July 2008


"Having this text available is like having several subspecialists on hand to answer questions." -- American Family Physician

Book Description

Craft your therapies using multiple expert opinions.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1328 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 1 Har/Pas edition (December 14, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416044353
• ISBN-13: 978-1416044352
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,383,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, July 2, 2008

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Bretticus "Brett" (Knoxville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Conn's Current Therapy 2008: Text with Online Reference, 1e (Hardcover)

Every 3 years, I try to make a point to read through an entire text. It is easy reading, and very accurate. My only beef is the grammar. It could have been proofread and corrected. Some of the authors have horrible grammar. One particular article, I believe it was on Salmonella, was a scathing assessment of the overuse of antibiotics. I think that little things like this should have been proofread. Overall, though, 5 stars. I haven't used my online access yet, so I don't know about that. But, I would recommend it for someone wanting to stay up to date with a regimen of reading. It is not as long as Harrison's, and it won't put you to sleep. The organ systems are well organized. I like it better than the other "current" series out there.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Conn's Current Therapy 2008, September 19, 2008

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Sue Conn Hudson "Sue Conn Hudson" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Conn's Current Therapy 2008: Text with Online Reference, 1e (Hardcover)

I am prejudiced about this book because my father was Dr.Howard F. Conn. He and my mother traveled around the country in 1947 and spoke with Dr's to see if they had an interest in a general book with contributing authors who are physicians with a specialty. He was well received and had many manuscripts from physicians for the first book in 1949,but had to write many of them himself, until the book became so popular that he was busy full time with editing.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Medicine, March 15, 2008

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R. TOLEDO - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Conn's Current Therapy 2008: Text with Online Reference, 1e (Hardcover)

Extraordinarty up-to-date book. A medical tradition that has become a must for MDs and medical students. As a physician I recommend it.