Product Description

Only the Harrison's editors could assemble a pocket manual so complete, authoritative, and easy-to-use as 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. Coverage includes more oncology, the latest in Alzheimer's management, and state-of-the-art HIV/AIDS. Plus each chapter is referenced to the Harrison's textbook for further study. If you canOt take Harrison's with you, do the next best thing...put the Handbook in your pocket.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1830250 in Books
• Published on: 1999-07-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 1237 pages

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

Heavy going, but a great reference text
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!

A standard clinical reference that is a must have...
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.

Perfect. You can carry it in your pocket.
Especially for the medical students it's important to carry a reliable handbook in ER or such places.The size and weight of this book make this quite easy.