Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, Seventh Edition [Hardcover]

Vinay Kumar (Author), Nelso Fausto (Author), Abul Abbas (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0721601871 | ISBN-13: 978-0721601878 | Publication Date: July 30, 2004 | Edition: 7

First Prize (Basic and Clinical Sciences), 2005 BMA Awards
Through six editions, Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease has been the leading textbook in its field. No other resource has been able to match its outstanding coverage of pathophysiology and disease. Now renamed Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, the new, 7th Edition of this classic text delivers a host of improvements that make it an even clearer choice for students and practitioners!

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• METICULOUSLY UPDATED CONTENT from many new contributors presents state-of-the-art information in every area of the field. You'll find completely new information on the new discoveries affecting our understanding of pathology, including cellular and molecular pathology and genetics.
• NEW AND IMPROVED ILLUSTRATIONS over 1,600 in all include superb new conceptual diagrams and line diagrams, plus color photomicrographs reprocessed for heightened image uality.
• ORGANIZATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS make the text easier to use.
• A NEW INTERACTIVE CASE STUDY CD-ROM, a $49.95 value is included at no additional cost, to help readers evaluate and expand their grasp of the material.

And now, Pathologic Basis of Disease is also ONLINE!
For the life of the edition, readers can access...

• THE COMPLETE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK in a fully searchable, user-friendly format.
• ALL OF THE BOOK'S ILLUSTRATIONS, easily downloadable for use in electronic presentations.
• INTERACTIVE CASE STUDIES from the companion CD-ROM.
• PERIODIC UPDATES to reflect new developments in pathology.
• More!

It all adds up to a phenomenal New Edition that will continue to assist a wide variety of readers in mastering all of today's most essential pathology knowledge.

Editorial Reviews

Review

It is hard to imagine a pathologist, whether a trainee or consultant, who would not benefit from reading or at least referring to this book. Most older pathologists will possess earlier editions as Robbins has been a standard text for many years. This seventh edition represents the evolution of the best single volume textbook on general pathology and the editors are to be congratulated in having resisted the temptation to overturn the book's familiar order in the name of innovation. Instead, they have sympathetically expanded the text, which now includes a phenomenal amount of information. A particularly welcome development is the chapter on ocular pathology for the generalist and the reorganisation of the chapter on infectious diseases taxonomically. The book has a very broard appeal: it could be read with profit by consultant pathologists, but is still suitable as an undergraduate text for medical students, as it starts from first principles and extends to the limits of knowledge. Robbins will remain the book of choice for diligent students, who will be inspired by the thorough scientific grounding in pathology that it provides. UK universities that believe this factual knowledge to be redundant should consider the popularity of Robbins in the US, and with practicing diagnostic pathologists in the UK, and think again.
BMA Awards 2005

A well laid out book covering the entire spectrum of disease in clear, concise detail. The sections are clearly headed and a separate index at the start of each chapter means finding them becomes a doddle. The book makes a point of making it easy to tackle such a large amount of text - from basics, slowly working up to the more complex. The book has an excellent additional feature in the form of a MCQ CD. The book is just about worth buying for the CD alone. It really helps your revision of pathology and challenges you to think more deeply about the topic.
It may seem too much for students, but this book will last for your whole medical education and no doubt beyond.
Edinburgh Medics, a Res Medica supplement courtesy of the Royal Medical Society, July 2005

This new edition is praiseworthy for the breadth and depth of its content and its ability to remain up to date. It serves the needs not only of the beginning student, the pathologist in training, but all practitioners of medicine with intellectual curiosity.
Modern Pathology, 2005

Book Description

Includes over 1,600 new and improved conceptual and line diagrams, plus color photomicrographs

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1525 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 7 edition (July 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0721601871
• ISBN-13: 978-0721601878
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.9 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,173 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE path book for ppl who don't mess around!, February 20, 2005

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Jennifer Aron "med student" (La Jolla, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, Seventh Edition (Hardcover)

If your pathology lecture handouts look like this:
"toxoplasma - immunocompromised host - cardiac transplant"
and you are thinking, "What causes what? Can professors use verbs?"
then this may be the book for you.

I found myself in the situation of requiring more explanation, and R&C PBD fits the bill.

Pros:
- Thorough (at over 1500 pages, it better be!).
- Readable - I noticed that people disagreed on this point. No, it is not "fun" to read, but I think it is as good as you can get. The text does not assume that you have mastered the previous chapters, it provides explanation throughout, making it possible to open it anywhere and still understand what is going on.
- Summary tables, nice photos, clear diagrams - could maybe use more of them.

Cons:
- It's enormous! of course, that's a problem with the subject, not the book. I guess you have to ask yourself if you can set aside the time and concentration to get through it, if not, purchase BRS pathology. (Tip: if the weight of a 1500-pg. book bothers you, get the binding removed at a copy shop and carry the currently relevant pages)
- No study questions - I recommend its Review of Pathology companion with 1100+ questions for ample board review.

Good luck, you hardcore path master!

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars One hundred dollar text. One dollar binding., February 7, 2006

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J. Michael Stevenson (Valhalla, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, Seventh Edition (Hardcover)

Much has been written about the quality of the text in this volume, and really, I agree with most of it. Robbins is a comprehensive textbook of human pathology, and is well written, though perhaps it could use a few more illustrations. Based on the text alone, I'd give it four or five stars.

The binding, however, is anemic, and worthy of one, or perhaps two stars. I have never seen a book's binding fail so regularly nor so spectacularly as I have with this book. After one year of use, my copy needed to be rebound. Several of my classmates have also had theirs rebound, or are about to. Several others have reinforced their copies with tape. One classmate had his book's binding fail entirely; he now has two or three pieces and carries whichever piece he is reading. This book bears a price tag of over $100, and I don't feel that I've gotten my money's worth. I may not have babied this book, but I haven't abused it, either.

That said, Robbins is *the* pathology text, and it is because it's a *good* pathology text. If you study at a computer, the online version of the text is very useable and easily searchable (easier to search through than the hard copy, actually,) and though of course you can't use a highlighter or take notes in the margins, you can take notes and bookmark sections.

Final analysis? Yes, buy this book. But have a plan in place for when the binding goes.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, December 10, 2004

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N. Anderson (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, Seventh Edition (Hardcover)

This book is comprehensive. I bought it because my school issued me the "Robbin's Basic Pathology" and I wanted the extra detail. I wasn't disappointed. The explanations are quite clear, and the CD that comes with allows you access to the complete text of the book online, as well as some practice sample cases and lots of slides. It is a bit tough to get through, simply because it is long, but the rewards are considerable. I highly recommend this book.