Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine

by Kasper, Dennis L.

• ISBN13: 9780071391405
• ISBN10: 0071391401
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780070072732, 9780071391412, 9780079136862
• Edition: 16th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-27
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Summary

The bible of internal medicine, now in full color! A step ahead of everyday practice, the practice of medicine is unthinkable without Harrison's. From opening presentations of hot topics in medicine to its popular 55-chapter section on the cardinal signs of illness to comprehensive coverage of all major diseases in all organ systems, Harrison's is the internal medicine reference of choice. NEW full color throughout 4,700 diseases... more than any other internal medicine text NEW free access to Student Web Resource Center More AUTHORITIES than any other internal medicine text OVER 20 chapters with focus in Critical Care Medicine and Bioterrorism NEW easy-index for quicker searching NEW symptoms section

Author Biography

Dennis L. Kasper, M.D.
William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Director, Channing Laboratory
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massaschusetts

Eugene Braunwald, AB, MD, MA (Hon), MD (Hon), ScD (Hon)
Distinguished Hersey Profesor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chairman, TIMI Study Group
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachussetts

Anthony S. Fauci, MD
Chief, Laboratory of Immunoregulation
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Stephen L. Hauser, MD
Robert A. Fishman Distinguished Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Dan L. Longo, MD
Scientific Director
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

J. Larry Jameson, MD
Irving S. Cutter Professor and Chairman
Department of Medicine
Northwestern University Medical School
Physician-in-Chief, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL

Without question, HPIM features the highest profile board of editors among the competition (both print and online). All are world-class investigator/clinicians. Each editor meticulously edits every chapter and two editors read overlapping chapters. The usual rotation of editors results in Dennis Kasper (the infectious disease editor) as editor-in-chief for this edition. An exception has been made to the retirement policy so that Dr. Braunwald will stay on the project for one last edition. Dr. Braunwald brings to the book tremendous creative energy, wide knowledge of all areas of medicine and incomparable institutional memory. He will also a key player at all the editorial meetings and will help shape the overall direction for this new edition. Dr. Anthony Fauci is one of the most visible medical names in the world through this past work in the AIDS field and current role in the fight against bioterrorism.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE

PART TWO: CARDINAL MANIFESTATIONS AND PRESENTATION OF DISEASE

PART THREE: GENETICS AND DISEASE

PART FOUR: NUTRITION

PART FIVE: ONCOLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY

PART SIX: INFECTIOUS DISEASES

PART SEVEN: BIOTERRORISM AND CLINICAL MEDICINE

PART EIGHT: DISORDERS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

PART NINE: DISORDERS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

PART TEN: CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

PART ELEVEN: DISORDERS OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT

PART TWELVE: DISORDERS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM

PART THIRTEEN: DISORDERS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, CONNECTIVE TISSUE, AND JOINTS

PART FOURTEEN: ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

PART FIFTEEN: NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS

PART SIXTEEN: POISONING, DRUG OVERDOSE, AND ENVENOMATION