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Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine: American Edition

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This book is the only thing that stands between you looking smart and you looking ignorant. The size of your whitecoat pocket, this book has the distilled elixir of everything you need to know about clinical medicine. It won't substitute for Harrison's but try fitting that baby in your pocket. On each page is the practical, what-to-to-now bottom line on pericarditis, or stroke or acute asthma...basically all major medical topics formatted uniformly and written authoritatively. This is the how-to manual for the practice of medicine.

The longawaited Oxford Handbook of Medicine is here. Thank God. It is absolutely indispensible. I could not believe the amount of information contained in this light and portable volume. It is essentially a full medical textbook that fits in your whitecoat pocket. Even though it is pretty comprehensive, it is so well laid out that any information I have wanted is easy to get - even during rounds. I can really recommend this book.

This book is one of many pocket sized texts aimed at junior doctors, but it is distinguished by its realisation of Descarte's "Ghost in the Machine". The Ghost is the collected medical knowledge of scientists and clinicians, and it is "growing and changing shape" every single day.

The Oxford Handbook helps you keep up with the Ghost in three ways: stimulation of memory, interactivity and insertions. It is a large resource of over 700 pages, including tables, diagrams and summaries of thousands of medical problems, tests and treatments, so useful brain power can be freed up from regurgitation of facts for more problem solving. It has hundreds of blank pages facing the text for notes on memorable patients, lectures, and texts. And the content is regularly reviewed and rewritten by a large team of practising doctors who are now publishing updates on a website, so you can print off new pages from the web and stick 'em in.

Round our way it's known as! the "Cheese and Onion" because it's wrapped in Yellow and Green plastic like a bag of flavoured potato crisps. It's tasty, uses British terminology and it fills a gap, too. Good for enough for anyone who needs a flavour of medicine that doesn't go stale.

This book is basically a bible for medical students who live in the constant shadow of fear from a question-happy consultant. I'm assured that it's the same for JHO's and SHO's. It's clear, concise, and fits snugly into the bottom right wardcoat pocket, and provides instant answers to even the most evil consultants. Don't go near a ward without one!!! A bit tricky to navigate at first, but you will soon get used to it. One of it's most endearing features is the section at the front which will cheer you up and keep you going long after the proplus have ceased to work. A must have for all medical students

This is one of the best concise Internal Medicine books that I have ever read. It does not have the vast details of Harrison's or Cecil's..it is not large or heavy...but the information it contains is valuable for clinical management, passing exams(especially England's PLAB) and answering your attending's questions. It offers a birds eye view of the world of Internal Medicine and practical management skills. I believe it should be in the coat pockets of all clinicians. The american edition(blue book) reflects current medical practice in the US and is widely used by residents.

I bought this because it looked like a comprehensive resource for a H.O. that could be stuffed in my pocket, but I found myself in a bind with this book. I think it might be useful in England, but if you are not ready to work with British units and medication names it is pretty tough to use in an American hospital. I found myself scrambling for other resources when I tried to use this book. I wish I would have bought something else.

It is an excellent comprehensive handbook, which can fit your pocket. With it, you can answer nearly any question. I personally used it in my Internal Medicine Rotation, and it was extremely helpful. I would like to thank the authors for their great work. I wish though if this handbook could be published in a regular book size as well.

Its chapters include: Thinking about medicine, At the bedside, Symptoms and signs, Geriatric medicine, Surgery, Infectious diseases, Cardiovascular medicine, chest medicine, Renal medicine, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Hematology, Biochemistry, Rheumatology, Oncology, Eponymous syndromes, Radiology, Epidemiology, Reference intervals, and Emergencies.

It has many tables & diagrams, and it might be advisable to buy a color atlas as a supplement.

The only problem which bothers me is the units used for some lab restults (e.g. mmol/L instead of mg/dL).

I've tried them all: Ferri, The Wash Manual, baby Harrison's, et cetera. This is simply the best pocketbook in all of medicine. Main features: comprehensive scope, concise presentations and excellent (and entertaining) writing. There are also tons of blank pages throughout the book for jotting down notes. I would be truly lost without my Oxford.

"Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine" is an excellent Medicine handbook for medical students. It provides a comprehensive, essential and easily accessible information of Clinical Medicine. It is extremely useful when using on the wards. It also has blank pages for writing your personal notes in each items.

I'm in my fifth year at medical school in London, if you're a clinical student in the UK this book and the BNF are absolutely essential, it has most of the major conditions you'll see in enough detail to get through an average ward round, very consise for revision. It also has the great advantage of having what the condition is, how you recognise it and what to actually do about it which can be surprisingly difficult to find in most textbooks.
The partner Handbook of clinical specialities is also good but not nearly as useful.