Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (2 Vol Set) - Hardcover

Fauci, Anthony; Braunwald, Eugene; Kasper, Dennis; Hauser, Stephen; Longo, Dan; Larry Jameson, J.; Loscalzo, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071476911 ISBN 13: 9780071476911

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, 2008

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From the Publisher:

For the perfect companion review book you may wish to consider Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Self-Assessment and Board Review, 17/e which is based on the authority and accuracy of Harrison's 17/e content. HPIM Self-Assessment and Board Review contains more than 1000 review questions, with complete answers and explanations making it perfect for practice before exams.

From the Back Cover:

The Most Exciting and Extensively Revised Edition Ever!

The new 17th edition retains Harrison's acclaimed balance of essential pathobiology, cardinal signs and manifestations of disease, and the best approaches to patient management in specific diseases. The new 17th edition now introduces great new features for clinicians and students worldwide:

• Brand new: a companion DVD, packaged with the book. The DVD includes digital-only chapters on important clinical and curricular issues, as well as great news atlases of key clinical, radiographic, and laboratory findings. Examples of the latter include complete atlases of haematologic specimens; radiological imaging in neurological, rheumatologic, pulmonary, and cardiovascular disease; rashes associated with fever; EKG interpretations; renal disease specimens and urinalysis; liver biopsies; and much more.
  
• Brand new: the DVD also features great motion video clips of endoscopic and cardiac diagnosis; an Image Bank of almost all the illustrations in the print edition of HPIM 17, perfect for using Harrison's images in lectures and presentations; plus numerous new chapters on important issues and concepts in clinical medicine and medical education and training.
  
• Expanded: the illustration program in the book has been ramped up with 300+ brand new, additional illustrations - a 20% increase. More great new pathophysiological drawings; decision-support algorithms; clinical photographs; radiology images and laboratory specimens are included throughout, to enhance learning and clinical application of the chapters. The illustration program in total (reflecting the new art on the companion DVD in addition to the book) has increased by more than 800 images 60% over the 16th edition!
  
• Brand new: HPIM 17 includes numerous important new chapters, such as Health Disparities; Quality and Safety in Patient Care; Atlas of Electrocardiography; The Biology of Psychiatric Disorders; Hospital Neurology; The Basic Biology of the Cardiovascular System; Electrophysiology in Neurological Diagnosis; Clinical Management of Obesity; The Approach to Heart Murmurs and much more.
  
• Brand new: Global Considerations covered in relevant chapters. This new feature identifies useful epidemiological, diagnostic and/or therapeutic distinctions between global regions in managing disease presentations and specific diseases.
  
• Brand new: a chapter on Global Health and Medicine, written by Jim Kim and Paul Farmer. This brand new chapter addresses the most salient points of one of the most popular current electives in medical education as well as the increasing globalisation of medicine and public health.
  
• Brand new: a Global Advisory Board of 11 outstanding academic physicians from all major global regions.
  
• Brand new: a complete section on Regenerative Medicine, reflecting cutting edge biological and clinical aspects. Chapters include: Stem Cell Biology; Application of Stem Cell Biology to Clinical Medicine; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering
  
• Revised: the popular On Line Learning Center has been completely revised with more great self assessment questions and answers and more great case studies
  
• New: Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD, Chair of Medicine at Harvard and Editor-in-Chief of Circulation, has joined the team to edit the cardiology, pulmonary and nephrology sections with Dr. Braunwald.
  

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0071476911
• ISBN 13: 9780071476911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 2791