Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (Oxford Medical Handbooks) 9th Edition

I adore the Oxford Handbook and as a hospital doctor, I have purchased many of their publications that are pocket guides and extremely useful in the daily clinical practice with updated guidelines and drug doses. The specific, OHCM, is an amazing pocket medical handbook that is one of the best and I strongly suggest it to all doctors, irrespectively their medical specialty, as it offers updated general clinical information that I think that ALL doctors need. For example, I am working at the hematology dept. until summer, but I always see the patients holistically (as a whole) and examine not just the blood system, but I always correlate​ signs, symptoms, lab & image tests generally to all systems of the body, e.g. an anemia may be caused by an MDS or an iron deficiency because of bowel cancer; a low WCC may be related to immunodeficiency; low platelets may be related to SLE or RA; a skin lesion may indicate a T cell lymphoma etc; an increased ESR may indicate solid cancer or multiple myeloma etc.

Very handy go to book. Gives brief explanations for a wide range of medical conditions. This is however NOT a book that you should rely on solely. It doesn't give thorough pathogenesis of diseases. But is an excellent guide to treatment options.

Purchased a few years back and decided to write a review. Awesome quick resource, but should not replace comprehensive reading of a topic. Great for review!

Is actually a good book, I'm a nursing student and a doctor explained to me how to use it and it's been helpful. The information on the diseases is actually good

Amazing book for Clinicals! It really helped me on my IM rotation to look up stuff for presentations and topic review :)

This book was an extraordinary help while teaching young Lao doctors a couple of weeks ago, and it would have made my work as a family doctor easier also in my home country which is Switzerland.

It is a very complete medical text and the most important thing is that is very easy to navigate in the Kindle version

great price and was brand new !!

Its a very valued book specifically for students and those make themselves ready for a test. Take care of the size of the writing. It's too small

Como estudiante te vendrá de perlas, tiene lo básico de clínicas y de cirugía incluso. Si no tienes ni idea te vendrá bien, está claro que si ya sabes de una especialidad en concreto, verás que está corto y en algunos puntos desfasado, pero hace el trabajo de forma óptima.

Oxford had always been the pinnacle of short, concise and readable materials for a quick lookover and revision. The handbook of clinical medicine is another masterpiece from oxford which shortly put summarizes medicine into an easily readable and quite fun subject. All the important points are succinctly put and easily revisable. A recommeneded book for those attempting exams and for practitioners for a quick revision

Sono venuto a conoscenza dell'Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine dopo che mi è stato mostrato da altri studenti di medicina. Inutile dire che è stato amore a prima vista! Il libro misura solo 18,5 x 10,5x 3 cm, è composto da 900 pagine sottilissime e fittissime di parole, e contiene tutte le nozioni base di medicina interna. E' diviso in 20 capitoli, consultabili in una delle immagini allegate.È un must have per tutti gli studenti di medicina e specializzandi.PRO:- I contenuti: Nonostante le sue dimensioni ristrette, questo handbook contiene tutte le nozioni importanti e indispensabili per la rapida consultazione in reparto. Non mancano neanche le immagini e le illustrazioni. Certo, non è paragonabile a mostri sacri come l'Harrison, ma ho amici che lo hanno consultato anche nella preparazione di alcuni esami minori con ottimi risultati. Insomma, non ci sbaglia nel definirlo la mini-bibbia della medicina!- Il prezzo di 30 euro circa non è sicuramente elevato, se paragonato agli altri testi medici che spesso rimangono a prendere la polvere a casa.- Alcune chicche: come i valori di riferimento degli esami del sangue, gli "emergency topics" e gli algoritmi del BLSD e ALSD subito dietro la copertina oppure il righello in cartoncino per aiutarci nella lettura dell'ECG.- Le dimensioni ridotte permettono di portarlo sempre appresso, anche se sbuca leggermente dalle tasche del camice.- La copertina è flessibile e plastificata e garantisce una buona protezione.- Ha 3 linguette colorate in stoffa per facilitare la consultazione rapida degli argomenti che più ci servonoCONTRO:- Sbuca un po' dal camice, ma ancora non l'ho mai perso- La conoscenza della lingua inglese è necessaria se vogliamo consultare l'edizione 9, la più aggiornata (del 2014). La versione italiana è ancora ferma alla 7a edizione.

This is a superb lab-coat pocket reference. The thoughtful layout makes it more fun to read than my UpToDate when I have downtime. I wish there was a Canadian version of this, but the English sense of humour is part of the charm.