Problem Solving in Clinical Medicine: From Data to Diagnosis [Paperback]

Paul Cutler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0683301675 | ISBN-13: 978-0683301670 | Edition: Third

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Product Details

• Paperback: 530 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Third edition (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0683301675
• ISBN-13: 978-0683301670
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #382,205 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ for medical students, May 1, 2003

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J. Lee (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Problem Solving in Clinical Medicine: From Data to Diagnosis (Paperback)

One of the most useful books I ever read in medical school! This is money and time well spent for a second, third, or fourth year medical student who wishes to vastly improve his clinical thinking skills! This book presents numerous clinical vignettes based on chief complaint and presentation. The vignettes include all of the most common problems you will encounter in a medicine ward (very very few zebras, although he discusses those in the differential diagnoses).

It is marvelously written and organized. You will become much more comfortable with considering differential diagnoses and pursuing workup and management of medicine inpatients.

I ended up pursuing otolaryngology, but I am definitely a better clinician for having read this book (and studied my arse off in med school). I looked like a superstar med student on my internal medicine rotation, largely because I had read this book. It should be required reading for every introductory clinical medicine course!!!

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great bread and butter epidemiology/pathophysiology, June 9, 1999

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This review is from: Problem Solving in Clinical Medicine: From Data to Diagnosis (Paperback)

Third edition by author of proven merit in solving problems by context. Uses a think-along-with-me techinique which is annoying during rounds but very profitable in print. A must read, great review, regardless of specialty.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Patients are better., December 8, 2007

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This review is from: Problem Solving in Clinical Medicine: From Data to Diagnosis (Paperback)

This book is way too dense for medical school. It's like being pimped except that you won't remember the information after you read it. Seeing a patient with any of these conditions and going through their management with an attending is much more useful. Amazon is great for returns though!