Kelley's Textbook of Internal Medicine [Hardcover]

H. David Humes (Editor), Herbert L. DuPont (Editor), Laurence B. Gardner (Editor), John W. Griffin (Editor), Edward D. Harris (Editor), William R. Hazzard (Editor), Talmadge E. King (Editor), D. Lynn Loriaux (Editor), Elizabeth G. Nabel (Editor), Robert F. Todd (Editor), Peter G. Traber (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781717876 | ISBN-13: 978-0781717878 | Publication Date: August 15, 2000 | Edition: Fourth

The new edition of this reorganized text emphasizes practicality and includes expeditious features that enable both students and practitioners to find authoritative answers fast. With "Approach to Patients" chapters that focus on evaluation and work-up, complete descriptions of disease-specific entities with highlighted "Indications for Referrals" and "Indications for Hospitalization," and a rapid-access guide summarizing key facts, this authoritative textbook has been streamlined and referenced for quick access to information. Includes 120 evidence-based algorithms that detail step-by-step patient management.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 3254 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth edition (August 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781717876
• ISBN-13: 978-0781717878
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 3.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #891,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Acclaimed Classic !, February 20, 2001

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This review is from: Kelley's Textbook of Internal Medicine (Hardcover)

Kelley's Textbook of Internal Medicine, now in its 4th edition continues to uphold the highest standards of excellence and is an acclaimed classic world-wide. It is unique among other medical books in that as a stand-alone one-volume reference guide, no other provides such an encyclopaedic breadth of coverage and utility in clinical practice. The founding editor, William N. Kelley has succeeded admirably in compiling a superior and formidable state-of-the-art medical reference which contains several written contributions from leading medical specialists and is a powerful teaching tool for both medical undergraduates and qualified practitioners. The text is compartmentalised into 11 major sections, each corresponding to the main branches of medicine. These include an opening part on Principles of Medical Practice which is followed by sections on Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Oncology and Haematology, Rheumatological, Allergic, and Dermatological Diseases, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism and Genetics, Neurology and finally Geriatrics. Each section is then further subdivided into chapters which discuss the procedural aspects of how to approach a patient with a common presenting complaint from tests to final diagnosis, a focus on the main disorders of each particular system, as well as an in-depth analysis of the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities pertaining to specific disease entities. In light of the growing importance of evidence-based medicine, a major new addition to the 4th edition is a series of "clinical decision guides". These are based on various gradations of scientific evidence which propel evidence-based medicine into the front-line of decision-making when considering the formulation of guidelines relating to differential diagnosis and management protocols for major problems. Also worthy of special mention is the inclusion of an extremely useful Rapid Access Guide which is alphabetically indexed by organ system and located at the beginning of the text. This allows fast and easy retrieval of the most important facts regarding common specific diseases or syndromes. In summary, at over 3000 pages long, Kelley's Textbook of Internal Medicine is a truly inspirational achievement and must surely rank amongst the most thoroughly comprehensive and authoritative medical textbooks currently available. Certainly, I can think of no book which encompasses such scope and captures the changing face of medicine today.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dr Svirsky Boris, February 13, 2001

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dr svirsky boris (israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kelley's Textbook of Internal Medicine (Hardcover)

This is an amazing book for physichians in internal medicine. The book gives you an ability to get to the proplem and to solve it. Not only that the text is very easy for undersdending, but the algoritms for the workup of medical problem give you skills to make your's desicion to be better. The book also focus on problem -orriented approach without discussing debates and controversions and this is very good for the residents in internal medicine. Reeding the book is like to follow triller becouse it keeps you in the chair.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KELLEY'S IS THE CURRENT PACESETTER, May 29, 2002

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This review is from: Kelley's Textbook of Internal Medicine (Hardcover)

Although relatively new in the game, (when compared to veterans like the Cecil's and the Harrison's), Kelley's Textbook of Internal Medicine is in a class of its own. This 3,200 pages of sound medical gospel is an all-round platinum winner.
It is a pacesetter in outlook: covering all branches of medicine in a veridicous way that is worthy of emulation.
If the current pace established by the 4th edition is sustained in the future, Kelley's will completely douse competition from both the Cecil's and the Harrison's texts.
It is hard to find flaws in this book; and I believe that many people would like to see what its CD-ROM version will look like.