Here is a list of textbooks recommended by medical students for their ease of use, clarity and size.

Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment

AUTHOR: Tierney, McPhee, Papadakis
ISBN: 0-8385-1489-0 (1996/01)
EDITION: 35th ed.
PUBLISHER: Appleton & Lange
PUBLICATION DATE: 101996 (199610)
BINDING: Paper Text - $45.00 (Retail Price) SIZE: 552 pages

A great medicine book for all levels; highly recommended by house staff. Provides lists of the most current references after each subject, almost as if the Medline search had been done for you! Truly a practical book focusing on all clinical aspects, less on pathophysiology.

Medicine

AUTHOR: Fishman
ISBN: 0-397-51464-6
EDITION: 4th ed.
PUBLISHER: Matthews
BINDING: Paper Text - $45.95+ (Retail Price)

Very basic, but comprehensive; helpful for the Boards.

"Baby" Cecil Essentials of Medicine

AUTHOR: Andreoli, Bennett, et al.
ISBN: 0-7216-3272-6
EDITION: 3rd ed.
PUBLISHER: W.B. Saunders
BINDING: Paper Text - $49.50 (Retail Price) SIZE: 921 pages

More than enough to get you started; can be a bit dense as every word counts. yet, who can afford to stay up all night to read the unabridged form? Not the most clinically-oriented text.

New England Journal of Medicine - Review Article/Medical Progress Series

A wonderful, usually current, "starting-off" point for any oral presentation, or for background information on a particular patient.

Rapid Interpretation of EKG's

AUTHOR: Dubin
ISBN: 0-7216-3272-6
EDITION: 5th ed.
PUBLISHER: Cover Publishing
BINDING: Paper Text - $34.50 (Retail Price) SIZE: 921 pages

The fluorescent orange cover is hard to miss under the arm of any beginning clinical student. A venerable rite of passage for every medical student; can be completed in a few evenings.

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General Considerations for your Clerkships (June, 1996)

Making a Splash on the Medicine Wards/A>

Pocket Manuals for Medicine