Home Edition (The Merck Manual of Medical Information) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743477340 ISBN 13: 9780743477345

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2004

Synopsis

For the past twenty years the publishers of THE MERCK MANUAL, one of the most widely used sources of medical information in the world, realised that more and more copies of the guide were being purchased by people who were not healthcare professionals, despite the fact that it had never been advertised and was not written for public use. Recognising the public's increasing need for access to the same medical information doctors have, Merck responded with the HOME EDITION. This contained virtually all the information in the physician's version, but in easy-to-understand, everyday language, with a reader-friendly format. Since its publication three years ago the HOME EDITION has gone on to sell more than 2 million copies worldwide. Now Merck have updated the edition to cater for the changing medical environment. The new edition contains 35 new chapters on subjects ranging from Gene Therapy and the warning signs of cancer to biological warfare and terrorism and with 64 new illustrations and colour plates along with new tables on emerging drugs, THE MERCK MANUAL is the only home reference guide all health conscious readers will need.

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Review

Sherwin Noland, M.D. Clinical Professor of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine; author of "How We Die, Doctors, and The Wisdom of the Body"Merck has accomplished what I had thought was impossible -- to produce a clear, readable explanation of the normal and diseased functions of the human body....This is a remarkable contribution....Doctors should encourage their patients to own it.

Jane E. Brody "The New York Times" The most useful [medical guide] of all...consumer friendly...clever cross-referencing...includes topics missing from many competitors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743477340
• ISBN 13: 9780743477345
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1728
• Editor: Berkow Robert, Beers Mark H., Fletcher Andrew J.