Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine: Companion Handbook (Paperback)

by Anthony S. Fauci (Editor), Eugene Braunwald (Editor), Kurt J. Isselbacher (Editor), Jean D. Wilson (Editor), Joseph B. Martin (Editor), Dennis L. Kasper (Editor), Stephen L. Hauser (Editor), Dan L. Longo (Editor)
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"Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine is eminently readable and surprisingly current and complete. One may indeed, consider it the bible of internal medicine." "...HPIM is written clearly." "Virtually every chapter in the textbook has been revised and brought up to date..." -- Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
Only the Harrison's editors could assemble a pocket manual so complete, authoritative, and easy-to-use as this edition of Harrison's Handbook. Reflecting the same increased focused on treatment that's found in its parent text, the Handbook showcases many new treatment algorithms and tables that facilitate quick and accurate diagnosis and management of all disorders. For each condition, a concise review of pathophysiology, etiology, and clinical presentation precedes a thorough summary of diagnosis and management. New coverage includes more oncology, the latest in Alzheimer's management, state-of-the-art HIV/AIDS coverage and chapter references to the Harrison's textbook. If you can't take Harrison's with you, do the next best thing...put the Handbook in your pocket.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 880 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx); 14th edition (November 16, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070215308
• ISBN-13: 978-0070215306
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #671,564 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Heavy going, but a great reference text, June 22, 2000

By	Seumas Hyslop (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (Single Volume) (Hardcover)

When any medical student is studying, they usually end up with a copy of this book.

It's BIG - over 1200 pages of the tiniest possible readable writing, and covers vitually every disease in clincal medicine.

You'll find yourself referring to this one a lot, as it's the de facto medical bible, it's a wonderful reference text.

However, I'm not sure you'll want to learn from it directly, as the writing is disjointed from chapter to chapter (it was written by many authors), and it just doesn't "read" well. I certainly find an entire chapter at a time too much to bear in one sitting.

That said, you'll still want this book - the breadth of chapters is amazing, and it's hard to argue with its authority!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A standard clinical reference that is a must have..., August 24, 2000

By	Kersi Von Zerububbel "Kersi" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (Single Volume) (Hardcover)

I purchased this book to find out how clinical issues were taught in medical schools. To my surprise I found the topics quite interesting and comprehensible. The writing is turgid and the font is quite small. Yet, when some health issue comes up, Harrison's is my first stop. I just pick a topic at random and go through the article. Occasionally, if a term does not make sense to me I check with my copy of Steadman's. I truly believe that this book makes for a good family medical reference if one is willing to put in some effort. Well worth the shelf space in my library.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Harrison's keeps being an authority in medicine, June 18, 2002

By	Nicolas Melgarejo (Bogotá, DC Colombia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (Single Volume) (Hardcover)

This book is a medical tradition, and it is as important to doctors as their stethoscope.
It is very complete, there is no doubt about it. Every subject of medicine is covered, and for a reference book is a must-have. It is also written in an easy-to-read way, but some chapters are more difficult to understand than others, and like a good meal, in excess it can get heavy and occasionally become a brick, so slow-reading is advised. Also worth to mention are the atlases, that give a lot of pictographic information.
I would recommend it only as a reference book, because for the USMLE, or as a course textbook, it is impossible to read it all, especially if time is scarce.