Editorial Review:

The ultimate clinical companion: know what the experts know -- and make it part of your practice!

In this trusted text, you'll find the most current insights into symptoms, signs, epidemiology, etiology, and treatment for over 1,000 diseases and disorders. Turn to any topic, and you'll find on-the-spot answers to your questions for both hospital and ambulatory medicine. This streamlined, authoritative reference gets you up to speed-fast-on the latest medical advances, prevention strategies, cost-effective treatments, and more. No wonder it's the most popular annually updated text in internal medicine!

CURRENT Medicine in the right dose: exactly what you need for optimum patient care - in exactly the right amount of information

• Comprehensive coverage of inpatient and outpatient care, highlighting only the diagnostic and treatment tools pertinent to your practice
• A-to-Z overview of internal medicine and primary care topics from gynecology and neurology to toxicology and urology
• Only text with an annual HIV infection update
• "Essentials of Diagnosis" for most diseases/disorders
• Hundreds of drug treatment tables, with indexed trade names and updated prices-plus helpful diagnostic and treatment algorithms
• Recent references with PMID numbers for fast access to abstracts or full-text articles

Evidence-based standards for 1,000+ diseases and disorders

New to this edition:

• New 8-page color insert
• Extensively revised chapters on Ear, Nose and Throat; Hypertension; Disorders of the Blood Vessels and Lymphatics; and Protozoal and Helmithic Diseases
• Updated chapter on preventive medicine emphasizes disease prevention and health promotion
• Revamped cancer chapter delivers the very latest treatment advances
• Common Symptoms chapter expanded to provide more information on treatment
• Reworked chapter on end-of-life now addresses palliative care and pain management

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

not bad:

I thought this book was very interesting and informative to a pre-med student. I'm not in med schools yet, but love to read about medical related things.

Too much money:

Enough said....... quote "However, this current (2008) edition of CMDT has several chapters (more than the 2007 edition) available only online, AND for the very first time, the online access is $79 extra. "

use to be a good book:

Didn't like the idea of going back and forth online to book and book to online. Use to be a great book I will not recommend this book to anyone anymore, I am a foreigne medical graduate and use to tell all the graduates coming from abroad to read this book not anymore. I hope the authors are listening.

Good, but not great.:

Having owned many previous editions of this book, I have to say that I am somewhat disappointed by the amount of material that is available only online for a substantial fee (relatively, compared to previous free online content, or even the street price of the print edition). Some of the online information surely could have been incorporated into this edition. Most of the algorithms that appeared in previous editions have been left out, and let's face it folks, most of those haven't changed at all since the... more info

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