Clinical Biochemistry Made Ridiculously Simple (MedMaster Series, 2004 Edition) (Paperback)

by Stephen Goldberg (Author)

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Product Description
University of Miami, FL. Focuses on the basic conceptual background of clinically relevant biochemistry for medical students and other health professionals. Line drawings and Biochemistryland Map in envelope inside back cover. Previous edition: c1993. Softcover.

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Graduate students and medical students have different needs in their learning of biochemistry. Medical students often complain that their biochemistry courses do not focus on clinical relevance. This book, while not a reference book or a dissertation on all aspects of biochemistry, selects the most clinically relevant material that every clinician should know, and presents it in a way that enables the student to quickly see and understand clinical biochemistry as a conceptual whole.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 93 pages
• Publisher: Medmaster; 2001 edition (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0940780305
• ISBN-13: 978-0940780309
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #79,417 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Big disappointment from the "ridiculously simple" series..., April 23, 2002

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

I generally like material put out by the "ridiculously simple" series. This text is a dud. The material covered is very shallow. I found the writing tedious and overly simplistic. If you want a good foundation in biochem go with Lehninger's Biochemistry along with Basic Medical Biochemistry by Marks, Marks, and Smith.

I understand that this was not intended to be a detailed biochem text. However, the material here is beyond "simplistic". It is quite insufficient to appraise one with facts and or knowledge.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too simplified for those needing more background in biochem., July 22, 1999

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I found it hard to make the jump in the author's simplified analogies. I needed more basic information about lipid land. I was looking for simplified description of biochemical processes not an overly simplified generalization. I had to refer to other biochemistry and nutritional text to understand what the author was refering to. I would not recommend this in place of a good biochemistry text. When complex processes are first introduced, detailed explantions of conversion processes are needed to get the depth of understanding. The map in the back was a strong plus. It took all the body processes and joined them together to show interactions among the chemical conversions. This was the strong point for the entire book and I might have purchased the book just for that. This was a recommended text for a nutrition class, but the instructor admitted she would not have recommended this had she looked through it first.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Review, November 13, 2000

By	"minotauro1702" (New York) - See all my reviews

It contains a fairly decent chapter on metabolic diseases, related to biochemistry.Helpful as a possible review, not as a primary study source.