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| Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th Edition (Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Anthony S. Fauci, Eugene Braunwald, Dennis L. Kasper, Stephen L. Hauser, Dan L. Longo, J. Larry Jameson, Joseph Loscalzo
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Category: Book
List Price: $199.00
Buy New: $118.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 1151
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 17
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 2754
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9.3
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 9 x 3.1
ISBN: 0071466339
Dewey Decimal Number: 616
EAN: 9780071466332
ASIN: 0071466339
Publication Date: March 6, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 The ageless classic continues to be the best April 26, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Harrison's continues to be the best book for medical students learning Internal Medicine and a complete reference book for practicing physicians. The new formatting and colored charts and images are the best so far , compared to previous editions , this edition really enhances the learning experience. I hope that any future edition of the DVD will have better navigation links. The textbook is excellent; the DVD leaves room for improvement. Overall: a must have in any clinician's library.
Miguel Isaza
Orlando-Florida
Excellent May 10, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The new edition of Harrisons is completely revised. The font is more eye friendly and it incorporates new colour diagrams that supplements the text perfectly.There is no need to rate the content of harrison, the whole medical community considers it the bible of the medical students and general practitioners.
 I've expected a bit more... July 5, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Well, I belive that it's a bit overcomplicated. I've got the 14th edition and it is more practical. The 17th has way to many unnecesary charts, tables, however they took out a lot of important tables, guidelines wich were important. Some chapters are reduced 50% (eg. pneumonias)......I am a bit dissapointed i was expecting more.
A suggestion for a great book August 24, 2008
3 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is an exceptional book. The level of coverage on any given topic is often 'the final authority' when other books don't have the answers.
I have a considerably older version of this book circa 1978 or so and decided to update my resources for a recertification exam. While this served as an excellent reference, I did find the information cumbersome to find, with the extensive index often directing me to a single instance of the item I was searching for as part of the label of a photograph (with no particularly useful information in the photograph), for instance, sometimes requiring me to look up 10 different points and reference the pdfs on the DVD to find an answer. In short the referencing system in the index left me wasting a lot of time to find information that was a bit scatterred. This tended to make me use the book as a last resort rather than a first choice.
The book is such a masterpiece of medical knowledge that giving it less than 5 stars would be unthinkable to me, but it could still be improved upon. One suggestion might be an index added to the DVD with a sophisticated search mechanism with some annotations or excerpts giving a preview of where the 'bulk' of information might be found. The quality of the information is exceptional throughout the text.
 Good Medicine May 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's the continuation of a great legacy, i'm impressed with these 17th edition, it gives you the latest info on Internal Medicine, reliable, well organized, very practical, easy to understand, and the DVD source is a good extra bonus.
I'm a PERUvian medical student, and despite of our reality about infectious diseases is pretty different from developed countries, Harrison still being one of the best choices on the field like Cecil, my other bible of the same religion.
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