Internal Medicine Harrison

This is the most widely-read and authoritative textbook in all of medicine. It is extensively revised and updated to meet the challenges of global medicine and enhanced with an image-packed DVD. The number 1 selling medical textbook worldwide, "Harrison's" has defined internal medicine for millions of physicians and students worldwide since 1950.

This question and answer review-book has been developed for self-assessment and examination preparation. It has been reorganized to mimic the exact organization of "Harrison's Priciples of Internal Medicine, 15th edition", for example in the part names.

The accelerating pace of change in medicine stems from an explosion of scientific information and the need to blend this information into the art and practice of medicine. The role of science in medicine is clear. Science-based technology and deductive reasoning form the foundation for the solution to many clinical problems. Spectacular advances in genetics, biochemistry, and imaging techniques allow access to the innermost parts of the cell and the most remote recesses of the body. Revelations about the nature of genes and single cells have opened the portal for formulating a new molecular basis for the physiology of systems.

This edition is to students, housestaff, and practitioners, and from it you will learn, read, investigate, and question. The questions and answers are particularly conducive to collaboration and discussion with colleagues.

Featuring the chapters on pulmonary and critical care medicine that appear in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17e, this compact clinical companion delivers the latest knowledge in the field, backed by the scientific rigor and reliability that have defined Harrison's.