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| Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th Edition | 
 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
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (29 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1083
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 17
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 2958
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
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Poor Customer Service September 10, 2008
2 out of 11 found this review helpful
I would very much have actually liked to use this product. Unfortunately, after ordering the "2 volume set," I received only 1 volume. And while the product description mentions a DVD, no such DVD came accompanying this book.
In addition, I received poor customer service from phone support and e-mail.
If you want this book, DON'T BUY IT FROM AMAZON!
I understand that this will most likely not be posted. I would just like the company to own up to its own mistakes.
 A suggestion for a great book August 24, 2008
4 out of 4 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.
 I've expected a bit more... July 5, 2008
4 out of 5 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.
Harrison's Internal Medicine June 19, 2008
3 out of 27 found this review helpful
I ordered this text on 5/18/08. Today is 6/19/08. WOuld love to review it if I had received it... still waiting.
Harrison's The Medicine Bible ! June 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
All I can say is its a gr8 one AGAIN. Its definitely lot better organized with the color coding. DVD is good too !
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