Product Description

A new, full colour edition of the hugely successful pocketbook of clinical medicine based on Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine. In addition to being a portable version of Kumar and Clark, this book offers valuable added extras, such as exam questions, practical procedures, a dictionary of terms, abbreviations and normal values (on inside front and back covers) and a list of emergency boxes. The second edition of Ballinger got a 4 star (top) rating in a recent review in the Student BMJ.

NEW - now also available in PDA format (download or CD access) and as a special value PDA/book package - offering the ultimate in portability, speed, and efficiency with multi-platform compatibility.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #166024 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 888 pages

Synopsis
This is a new, full color edition of the hugely successful pocketbook of clinical medicine based on "Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine". In addition to being a portable version of "Kumar and Clark", this book offers valuable added extras, such as exam questions, practical procedures, a dictionary of terms, abbreviations and normal values (on inside front and back covers) and a list of emergency boxes. The second edition of "Ballinger" got a 4 star (top) rating in a recent review in the Student BMJ. It is now also available in PDA format (download or CD access) and as a special value PDA/book package - offering the ultimate in portability, speed, and efficiency with multi-platform compatibility.

Customer Reviews

Excellent revision of clinical medicine
Very well written and explained. Basically a summary of the salient points of Kumar and Clarke without the irrelevant details, which makes for a perfect revision guide for final medical exams

A must-have for clinical students
Both book and PDA versions offer a concise, readable account of Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine. The book is printed in a very clear style, with good use of colours to facilitate quick referencing and the highlighting of key points. The information contained focuses on the needs of the clinical medical student/house officer when on the wards- especially useful for checking-up on key areas of a given clinical situation, prior to your next ward grilling or during group revision sessions. The numerous websites listed both at the start of the book, and at the end of chapters, are good resources in themselves. Their inclusion reflects the modern approach of the book, as does the option to buy the book in a PDA version for use on handheld computers.
The PDA version is similarly easy to install and navigate. Even novice users can easily find which area of the e-book they want to read and move to the area of the book's content. Examination questions are easier to find and access than in the paper-based book, whilst, the inclusion of calculators to measure such things as the BMI is an absolute boon. Perhaps the only downside with the e-book is the lack of a search facility to complement the index.
Overall both the paper-based and PDA versions of Ballinger & Patchett are a must-have of the clinical students' library. Ballinger's & Patchett's ability to provide clear, concise information in a portable format for ward-based learning is their biggest asset.

Pass Medicine with ease
It is basically all you need to know to pass your finals. Read this book twice and your sorted. It will soon become the bible of medicine as it has less detail than the Oxford Textbook, but easier to digest and remember. Don't even consider reading the large Kumar and Clark, thats for reference only.