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Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine (Kumar, Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine)

byParveen Kumar CBE BSc MD FRCP FRCP(Edin)

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 24, 2016

Very good

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What a book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 20, 2013

Its a good book though it has a lot of topographical errors. navigation is faulty, gives wrong pages thus making it difficult to get what you want. i hope the 8th edition has better navigation.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 20, 2013

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Its a good book though it has a lot of topographical errors. navigation is faulty, gives wrong pages thus making it difficult to get what you want. i hope the 8th edition has better navigation.

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I ordered for a new book but there is sign of tear on the binding. Disappointed.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 27, 2010

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I can't believe that there is tear on the binding despite it is a new book that i have ordered.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 24, 2016

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Very good

F. A. Alkharboush

Lacking in symptoms,concise writing style

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 25, 2009

Before I start the review let me get some stuff out of the way:
- I dont have Davidson to make a comparative review with K&C.
- Whatever book you read, realize that you won't find all you need in a single volume. Look up different sources including Online, and most importantly, think.
- I own Essentials of Cecil (Dept. recommended book) and K&C, none of them goes deep into step-by-step patient management. If you want that check Kelly's Textbook of Medicine or the Washington Manuel.

There's a general census that the Internal Medicine's got the most number of good options when it comes to textbooks. Davidson and K&C particularly are popular among med students all over the world. There is a RICH International Advisory Board (K&C did an extensive tour in India, Middle and Far East recently, Kumar changed more than 60% of our Anatomy course by rendering at as "too much for students to know"). If you're looking for a text thats written specifically with undergraduate students in mind then this is it. Unfortunately, this is also part of the problem.

While I don't like it, the writing style is a mixed bag among students. It discusses diseases in a systemic fashion, while thats a very good thing it does feel encyclopedic. Unlike Essentials of Cecil's explanatory style, what you get here is the information written in a bullet-style concise way, almost too concise in some areas. Sometimes you know you're reading superficial information with a "this is as much as you need to know" feel. A lot of students like this since they're getting the information they need and nothing else. If thats what you want then this book is made for you. If you're a natural reader and want to understand concepts (like Guyton with Physiology ), look somewhere else.

One big downside in K&C is the brief sections on signs and symptoms. You won't find information approaching febrile patients. If you want to check Chest Pain, read it from the Respiratory and Cardiac chapters, and don't get me started on Abdominal Pain.

The layout is FANTASTIC. This is one of the best looking textbooks I have seen in any given field. The quality of the paper and cover is excellent. It looks and feels nice. Thinner than the previous edition, they took down the number of pages though managed to increase the material thanks to the layout and the use of online resources.

Online is a big feature when it comes to Kumar. All the sounds (heart,breath ..etc) with or without commentary. Excellent surface anatomy from student's Gray's Anatomy. A free Cecil, which is worth the price of admission.

In summery, alot of work was put into this to make it the perfect textbook for students. They even made a separate book called Medical Sciences meant as a companion volume to K&C, covering genetics, biochemistry ...etc. This is a book ( or series rather ) that directly addresses the students needs and globally succeeds at that. In doing that,however , it hit itself with the "this is as much as you need to know" feel, which can be frustrating to some students. The lack of good elaboration on interpreting signs & symptoms is a definite downside. Maybe they left it for the clinical methods books, since they do want to minimize the size of the book.

I gave it 4 stars, despite the signs & symptoms issue, because if you're a fan of this kind of writing then this book is a blessing (try the free sample chapter from [...]), if not, then you simply won't read it.

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Poor scientific assessment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 1, 2011

The chapter on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a subject I am quite familiar with, does not take into account any of the recent (or long-standing for that matter) research on the physiological basis for the disease. Unfortunately this leads me to question the degree of scientific rigour applied in the other chapters.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 16, 2010

Very inaccurate regarding ME/CFIDS. ME is a common, extremely disabling, neuro-endocrine immune disease which also incorporates mitochondria pathology and cardiomyopathy. ME is strongly associated with at least one retroviruses (CAV) and otherwise rare lymphomas.

The authors of this section- Peter White and Anthony Clare- are widely regarded as having unscientific biases. They make many statements here based on studies relying on the Oxford/British definition of "CFS" which no serious scientist gives any credence. The Oxford definition is literally the symptom of chronic fatigue with one other chronic symptom from a list; essentially idiopathic chronic fatigue. The section is misinformation which will cause iatrogenic morbidity. Shameful.

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Steph123456

Faulty links

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 27, 2012

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This kindle book has been really useful. I didn't realise exactly how HUGE the book is, as I've only seen it recently, so it's great to have it in such a portable form - great for studying on the train on your iPad when there is no signal! However one real gripe with this book is that the links from the contents pages to the actual pages in the book in several places are broken. This isn't great as the book doesn't have any page numbers on the pages(only works on locations in the kindle app too!), so you can't work out whether it's taken you too far or not far enough. Also, the search function is poor. If you search for "obesity" for example, it will list every location in which "obesity" is mentioned without ranking. You have to guess which one is the one you want. It would be much better if it listed chapters and then sections first and then all other mentions of the word.

Treated as though it is a very sophisticated PDF, it's great. For a kindle book, it's pretty disappointing.

Please note, that I do think that the book itself is WELL worth buying for the first few years of medical school, it's just the kindle book is poor.

jamie

The resource you need if you are going to be ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 24, 2017

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The resource you need if you are going to be a healthcare practitioner of any kind. It doesn't break down the material into simple language however so you need to look that up yourself unless anyone knows of a resource that does this other than medical dictionary.

An excellent read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 6, 2009

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This book is truly amazing in terms of its content. It covers everything in clinical medicine (albeit, a little lacking for more advanced stages of medicine) from laws and ethics to a breakdown of the major clinical areas.

The book has a decent introduction covering basic biochemistry and genetics, which are essential to grasp in preparation for the subsequent chapters.

The student consult is also a nice bonus, as it means you don't have to carry this fairly weighty book around with you.

If you are looking for a book in clinical medicine, look no further.

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Chris

Brilliant book for referencing and starting a revision topic.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 29, 2012

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Has all the basic physiology and much of the clinical aspects of many diseases and disease processes.

One criticism is I find it often goes into too much detail then I personally require, however I must admit I believe this will change as I progress through my studies (currently a 4th year med student).
The Oxford Clinical Handbook is much more concise, however if you need to go more in-depth/ a starting point for an essay then you should refer to this text book.

4th year med student.

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