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Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine: American Edition [Paperback]

David E. Thaler (Editor), R. A. Hope (Editor), J. M. Longmore (Editor)
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" ... retains the excellent writing style of the previous editions, which makes it mvery readable ... Coverage of the epidemiology, pathology, and diagnosis of diseases is excellent in the Handbook --- much better than the competition. Another plus for the Handbook is the retained compact size, when others are getting bigger. It will fit well into the already overcrowded lab coat. ... recommend this edition of the Handbook to the medical student or junior resident." British Columbia Medical Journal (June 1999)

'...There is a lot more information crammed in...,I can only prasie and recommend this new edition. It is truly exceptional and remains as essential as beer to any self-respecting medical student.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The American Edition of this well known handbook will build on the strengths and features of the UK book, while addressing the primary concerns of US readers. Presented in the same 2-color, flexi-cover format, the book will provide medical students and residents with a quick and easy reference for diagnosing and treating the typical patient. Updated and revised specifically with an American audience in mind, this version provides US drug names, US standards of care and practice, references to American journals, and applicable governmental/regulatory information. A concise, comprehensive, and entertaining "bible" for junior doctors and medical students on clinical rotations, this book provides instant answers for the most commonly encountered clinical situations. Each page introduces a single-subject, with readable, authoritative information. Find out what every physician needs to know about anti-HIV drugs, screening, cardiovascular health, candida in UTI's, atheroma and more!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A legend - truly the finest medicine handbook in the world, Jun 15 2002
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This review is from: Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine: American Edition (Paperback)
The Oxford HCM in legendary the world over for some very simple reasons.

1. The content is brilliant. I have always marvelled at how the authors managed to fit in so much in only a handbook. Discussions of etiology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical signs, investigations and treatment are all here, in concise and uncluttered text. These are understandably not exhaustive, but quite enough for you to get a sensible grasp of the subject at those moments when the attending is looking dangerously pimpish, or your patient has decided, very inconsiderately, to crash through the floor at an ungodly hour when you're the only chap with an MD hanging around the ward.

2. The editing is superb. Nothing extraneous here.

3. Evidence based. There is a genuine effort to make pronouncements only based on the available evidence, or, where this is lacking, on the experience of the authors.

5. An outstanding threesome of authors. Honest, sincere clinicians who write from the heart as much as from the head. The advice given to the medical student at the beginning of the book alone is worth the price.

A note on one of the reviews below. This book is NOT only for the UK. There are two versions,
1. The yellow covered one published in Britain,
2. The blue covered one with David Thaler as editor

The first one is the one in use virtually everywhere else in the world. A lot of countries, especially the Commonwealth nations, have medical systems based on the British. Drug names are the same.

The second was prepared especially for American MDs. All drugs are noted by the name familiar to Americans. In addition there is an excellent drug index at the back of the American edition that has both trade and generic name for virtually every drug you will ever meet.

So if you're American or Canadian, just buy the American edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Don't leave home without it, Nov 29 1999
By W. N. Haining - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine: American Edition (Paperback)
This book is the only thing that stands between you looking smart and you looking ignorant. The size of your whitecoat pocket, this book has the distilled elixir of everything you need to know about clinical medicine. It won't substitute for Harrison's but try fitting that baby in your pocket. On each page is the practical, what-to-to-now bottom line on pericarditis, or stroke or acute asthma...basically all major medical topics formatted uniformly and written authoritatively. This is the how-to manual for the practice of medicine.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars You won't get through medical school without it !, Nov 27 1999
By Robin Choudhury - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine: American Edition (Paperback)
The longawaited Oxford Handbook of Medicine is here. Thank God. It is absolutely indispensible. I could not believe the amount of information contained in this light and portable volume. It is essentially a full medical textbook that fits in your whitecoat pocket. Even though it is pretty comprehensive, it is so well laid out that any information I have wanted is easy to get - even during rounds. I can really recommend this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Frees up medics' memory for problem processing, July 29 1998
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This review is from: Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (Paperback)
This book is one of many pocket sized texts aimed at junior doctors, but it is distinguished by its realisation of Descarte's "Ghost in the Machine". The Ghost is the collected medical knowledge of scientists and clinicians, and it is "growing and changing shape" every single day.

The Oxford Handbook helps you keep up with the Ghost in three ways: stimulation of memory, interactivity and insertions. It is a large resource of over 700 pages, including tables, diagrams and summaries of thousands of medical problems, tests and treatments, so useful brain power can be freed up from regurgitation of facts for more problem solving. It has hundreds of blank pages facing the text for notes on memorable patients, lectures, and texts. And the content is regularly reviewed and rewritten by a large team of practising doctors who are now publishing updates on a website, so you can print off new pages from the web and stick 'em in.

Round our way it's known as! the "Cheese and Onion" because it's wrapped in Yellow and Green plastic like a bag of flavoured potato crisps. It's tasty, uses British terminology and it fills a gap, too. Good for enough for anyone who needs a flavour of medicine that doesn't go stale.

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