Product Description
This edition delivers strategies for understanding, diagnosing and managing disease. Hundreds of renowned clinicians and investigators report key advances seen across the specialties of internal medicine and discuss a wide range of topical issues, including ethics, disease prevention and genetics. With more than 90 new chapters, it presents coverage of: alternative medicine; practice guidelines; the impact of genetics on clinical practice; infertility and fertility control; adolescent health care; gene therapy; and the latest treatment strategies from the world's leading experts. Features include: expanded sections on treatment; more colour illustrations and high quality images; additional clinical guidelines and tables; genetic considerations highlighted by icons; and acronym boxes.
From the Author
A "must " for the internist and student alike
The 14th Edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine provides the student and experienced physician alike with the most up-to-date and comprehensive information for the practice of Internal Medicine. As has been the tradition of Harrison's for decades, the 14th Edition is well-grounded in pathogenic mechanisms; however, it provides easy to read clinical descriptions supplemented by concise diagnostic and treatment algorithms. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The 14th Edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine provides the student and experienced physician alike with the most up-to-date and comprehensive information for the practice of Internal Medicine. As has been the tradition of Harrison's for decades, the 14th Edition is well-grounded in pathogenic mechanisms; however, it provides easy to read clinical descriptions supplemented by concise diagnostic and treatment algorithms. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
J. Jameson[F]C.F. Kettering Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL. [R]Dennis Kasper[F]Dennis L. Kasper, MD, MA (Hon)
William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Executive Dean for Academic Programs
Harvard Medical School
Director, Channing Laboratory
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
[R]Stephen Hauser[F]Stephen L. Hauser, MD
Chairman and Betty Anker Fife Professor
Department of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
[R]Dan Longo[F]Dan L. Longo, MD
Scientific Director
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland[R]Anthony Fauci[F]Anthony S. Fauci, MD
Chief, Laboratory of Immunoregulation
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
[R]Eugene Braunwald[F]Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Braunwald is the editor of HEART DISEASE; a major competitor to HURST'S THE HEART and he is one of the primary editors of Harrison's PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Executive Dean for Academic Programs
Harvard Medical School
Director, Channing Laboratory
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
[R]Stephen Hauser[F]Stephen L. Hauser, MD
Chairman and Betty Anker Fife Professor
Department of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
[R]Dan Longo[F]Dan L. Longo, MD
Scientific Director
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland[R]Anthony Fauci[F]Anthony S. Fauci, MD
Chief, Laboratory of Immunoregulation
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
[R]Eugene Braunwald[F]Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Braunwald is the editor of HEART DISEASE; a major competitor to HURST'S THE HEART and he is one of the primary editors of Harrison's PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
