Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (Single Volume)

Product Description

Now with a dramatic new emphasis on therapy, Harrison's continues to define the practice of medicine into the next millennium. With forty-nine completely new chapters and a complete updating to the entire text, this edition examines the biologic and pathophysiologic origin of disease and charts a clear course for diagnosis and management. And now, the treatment information is expanded and graphically highlighted within the chapter for quick access. Other highlights include an expanded state-of-the-art coverage HIV/AIDS from Drs. Fauci and Lane, a new section devoted to oncology, a revitalized art program, medical ethics, and much more.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #964487 in Books
* Published on: 1998-05-12
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 2784 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review
"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

From the Back Cover
The ultimate on-the-spot resource, the Harrison's Companion puts authoritative, but concise guidelines on pathophysiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, and management of all internal medicine disorders at your fingertips. Important new features highlight the new Companion...expanded therapy; a two-color design that highlights treatment information and key points; more coverage of oncology; treatment algorithms. Plus, each chapter is reinforced to the corresponding chapter in the latest edition of Harrison's to facilitate additional reading.

About the Author
Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Braunwald is the editor of HEART DISEASE; a major competitor to HURST'S THE HEART and he is one of the primary editors of Harrison's PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE.

C.F. Kettering Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.
Customer Reviews

Excellent!5
Harrison's is the most complete book of clinical medicine in one nice package. Well worth the investment!

If your a Third year Medical student this book is a must.5
I just finished my third year of medical school, and I found this book to be a must own. the topics quite interesting and comprehensible, and will help with most areas you need to reference.

the best there is5
I can scarcely believe that people dare to criticize this tome. I don't actually have Harrison--I have Tinsley & Harrison, as it was called in decades past. (People do grow old and die.) The notion that a layperson "can understand Hippocrates' Aphorisms in the original Greek" better is nonsense: frankly, it depends upon the lay reader's familiarity with terminology, yea, his or her command of Greek and Latin roots. That's what dictionaries are for, and that's also presumably what your English classes (remember them?) instilled in you--at least partially--at least hopefully. By way of superfluous comparisons to other opera campi, Merck just doesn't provide the depth of coverage: I regard it as a glorified Taber's.