Harrison's Internet Edition

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 15/e PLUS A 1-year subscription to Online. Covers diagnosis and expanded treatment for thousands of diseases. Cardinal manifestations of disease and pathophysiology are included throughout. Includes 90 new chapters, expanded treatment, genetic considerations, and much more. The complete text of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine on the internet. Users get DAILY UPDATES, Free Bi-weekly newsletter, quick links to online resources, and self-assessment questions. Harrison defines the practice and science of internal medicine. Beginning with a section on current topics (e.g. ethics, cost awareness, disease prevention), the book proceeds to cardinal manifestations of disease (e.g. pain, fever, headache), which remains one the most popular parts especially among medical students. The core is a comprehensive presentation of all major diseases in the major specialties of internal medicine. (Oncology and hematology; infectious diseases; cardiology; respiratory; kidney and urinary tract; gastrointestinal system; immune system, connective tissue and joints; endocrinology and metabolism; and neurology.
Thirteen brand new chapters have been added to this edition: alternative medicine; approach to the acutely ill, febrile patient; fertility and infertility; diseases caused by genetic defects in mitochondrial function; gene therapy; late complications of cancer; HACEK and other Gram Negative bacteria; echocardiography; prevention of atherosclerosis; autoimmunity; allergies and anaphylaxis; articular and periarticular disorders of the upper extremities; and neurobiology of disease.