Product Description

This edition delivers strategies for understanding, diagnosing and managing disease. Hundreds of renowned clinicians and investigators report key advances seen across the specialties of internal medicine and discuss a wide range of topical issues, including ethics, disease prevention and genetics. With more than 90 new chapters, it presents coverage of: alternative medicine; practice guidelines; the impact of genetics on clinical practice; infertility and fertility control; adolescent health care; gene therapy; and the latest treatment strategies from the world's leading experts. Features include: expanded sections on treatment; more colour illustrations and high quality images; additional clinical guidelines and tables; genetic considerations highlighted by icons; and acronym boxes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1128098 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 2629 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..."

From the Author
A "must " for the internist and student alike
The 14th Edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine provides the student and experienced physician alike with the most up-to-date and comprehensive information for the practice of Internal Medicine. As has been the tradition of Harrison's for decades, the 14th Edition is well-grounded in pathogenic mechanisms; however, it provides easy to read clinical descriptions supplemented by concise diagnostic and treatment algorithms.

About the Author
J. Jameson[F]C.F. Kettering Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL. [R]Dennis Kasper[F]Dennis L. Kasper, MD, MA (Hon)
William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Executive Dean for Academic Programs
Harvard Medical School
Director, Channing Laboratory
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
[R]Stephen Hauser[F]Stephen L. Hauser, MD
Chairman and Betty Anker Fife Professor
Department of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
[R]Dan Longo[F]Dan L. Longo, MD
Scientific Director
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland[R]Anthony Fauci[F]Anthony S. Fauci, MD
Chief, Laboratory of Immunoregulation
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
[R]Eugene Braunwald[F]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.

Customer Reviews

it's the best book of internal medicine i've ever read
"Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine" is the best book about internal medicine I've ever read - not only in English. I use it often for checking several problems not only in clinical but also scientifical work. M.K. MD

Excellent if somewhat turgid, but read below.
This is a fantastic book, with an encyclopaedeic review of current medical practice. It is not for use as a quick review guide just before exams, but is nonetheless an excellent general medical reference.

The Best
I have been using the Harrison's since my 2nd year in Medical School. It has been a great store of information. Harrison's is a essential for Residents in Internal Medicine.The 14 Edition is even better. Chapter on AIDS and HIV is fantastic.