- Paperback: 784 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 5 edition (4 July 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 007144159X
- ISBN-13: 978-0071441599
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 19 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 611,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Now in its Fifth Edition, this trusted guide provides medical students with the link between basic science and clinical medicine. This concise text covers all the essentials in pathophysiology and 89 case studies allow students to apply their knowledge to actual clinical situations.
- Review questions located throughout each chapter promote self-assessment and serve as an excellent review for USMLE Step 2
- The two-color design showcases the abundant use of diagrams and tables
Book Description
Now in its Fifth Edition, this trusted guide provides medical students with the link between basic science and clinical medicine. This concise text covers all the essentials in pathophysiology and 89 case studies allow students to apply their knowledge to actual clinical situations.
- Review questions located throughout each chapter promote self-assessment and serve as an excellent review for USMLE Step 2
- The two-color design showcases the abundant use of diagrams and tables
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Format:Paperback
you can definately judge this book by its cover! not alot of pictures, diagrams or tables inside, everything is in black and white, there are pages of countless text, some of the information goes overboard and it was a hard time reading through this book, for the positive points the book does go through the basic physiology before explaining the pathophysiological mechansisms of disease which is helpful, some topics such a myelin disorders (multiple sclerosis) were not mentioned in the book, but overall my rating is so low because this book wasnt so appealing, there is a newer edition out, lets hope that has more diagrams and colourful pictures.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is great with a very wide range of material and plenty of detail, and should serve as an excellent reference for medical students getting to grips with new conditions; as pathophysiology serves as a bridge between basic science and clinical medicine, this book should be read before delving into something like kumar & clarke. (As the title suggests...)
I used the 4th edition, I'm sure the 5th will be even better.
The only downsides are the total lack of colour pictures throughout (even in the dermatology chapter!!), and that the reader is often confronted with page after page of small print text. That said however, the material is full of golden nuggets and the illustrations have hopefully been improved in the new edition.
Buy it and pass your exams.
I used the 4th edition, I'm sure the 5th will be even better.
The only downsides are the total lack of colour pictures throughout (even in the dermatology chapter!!), and that the reader is often confronted with page after page of small print text. That said however, the material is full of golden nuggets and the illustrations have hopefully been improved in the new edition.
Buy it and pass your exams.
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Too skimpy
14 Feb 2007
Format:Paperback
This book has too little information for a med student, even in first or second year. A few areas are relatively well covered, but it's neither basic enough to be used as a learning tool nor detailed enough to be used as a reference. I use it once in a while, but only in conjuction with Harrison's, UptoDate, and other such references. You'll still need to go back to a Pathololgy and a Physiology text to find what you're looking for.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Good info, just hard to find.
18 Sep 2010
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
It is hard to locate topics and information in this format. I would pay extra for an easier content locator. The content is complete and informational though. Its an okay purchase.
9 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Lacks structure, lacks editing, lacks everything.
25 April 2008
Format:Kindle Edition
This book is the benchmark of bad textbooks. I refuse to believe the text ever saw an editor before it went into print; the authors - especially McPhee himself - wouldn't be able to recognize DIDACTICS if it came flying into his face; the text is extremely convulted written, confusing, unstructured, concepts are never connected, void of clarity, and in many instances just straight out wrong or self-contradictory; the book has no intention of actually conveying knowledge, instead it keeps digging into itself.
Also, do not believe the other reviewers who give this book 5 stars, they are not actual persons, but agencies paid by the publishers. Or, as I cannot actually attest to that, suffice to say anyone taking medical didactics seriously simply cannot reward this book 5 stars.
Also, do not believe the other reviewers who give this book 5 stars, they are not actual persons, but agencies paid by the publishers. Or, as I cannot actually attest to that, suffice to say anyone taking medical didactics seriously simply cannot reward this book 5 stars.
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