New category: Book Recommendations

From now on, I will be posting highly recommended books for each medical field or subject, profession and nursing, etc. I may also post highly recommended e-books before entering medical or nursing school, books must-have books on your palm or shelves, etc.

I will be avoiding to post Rapidshare, Megaupload, MiHD and other file-hosting/sharing website links from now on. This is to respect copyright of the author and publisher. Further, I highly recommend that you buy a genuine copy of the e-books you needed. Just click on each book cover image to buy the book from Amazon.com.

To start off, I will be posting the highly recommended books you need in entering medical school.

1. Textbook of Medical Physiology: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Textbook of Medical Physiology)

This should be the Bible of every medical student. The book points out key physiology concepts in a remarkably clear and engaging manner. Guyton & Hall’s Textbook of Medical Physiology covers all of the major systems in the human body, while emphasizing system interaction, homeostasis, and pathophysiology. This very readable, easy-to-follow, and thoroughly updated, 11th Edition features a new full-color layout, short chapters, clinical vignettes, and shaded summary tables that allow for easy comprehension of the material.

2. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine is the #1 selling medical textbook worldwide trusted by millions of clinicians and students. Now on its 17th Edition, it introduces new features:

• Expanded, modernized illustration program with more than 800 brand-new, additional illustrations-a 60% increase over the previous edition
• Dozens of brand new chapters on vital topics in medical education and clinical practice: Global Issues in Medicine: Patient Safety and Health Quality; Health Disparities: Atlas of EKGs; Clinical Management of Obesity: Atlas of Hematology: Atlases of Chest, Neurological, and Cardiovascular Radiology, and much more! Also included a complete new Section on biological foundations and emerging clinical applications of regenerative medicine!
• Brand new, reader-friendly text design optimizes the full-color format
• An expanded, innovative focus on global health
• NEW Global Advisory Board comprised of 11 prominent medical experts from Asia, India, Europe, and South America
• Revision of the popular On Line Learning Center, which offers more skill-sharpening self-assessment questions and answers, plus additional case studies for helping you apply Harrison’s content to the daily care of patients
• Harrison’s related products are available in a full suite of formats to meet all your educational and clinical needs. Harrison’s Practice of Medicine is a complete database of more than 700 clinical topics formatted for use at the point of care. The Harrison’s Manual of Medicine is one of the most popular and heavily used handbook-sized resources in internal medicine. The Harrison’s Self-Assessment and Board Review features more than 1000 board-type cases and questions and highlights the use of Harrison’s as a great board prep resouce.
• It comes out with a bonus companion DVD featuring: 37 new “e-chapters”; over 500 brand-new radiological, laboratory, and clinical images, including complete atlases; state-of-the-art video clips; an Image Bank of nearly all the illustrations contained in the parent text, and much more

3. Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology

Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology, Eighth Edition continues to set the standard for A&P texts with an enhanced media package and new active learning features that help readers better visualize and understand the structure and function of the human body. New information on hot topics like DNA fingerprinting, bone implants for children, stem cell research, and obesity draws readers into the material. Elaine Marieb’s clear and friendly writing style emphasizes the relevance of anatomy and physiology to readers’ lives and careers. It clarifies concepts, defines key terms, and offers just the right balance of anatomy, physiology, and clinical coverage to make the content complete without being overwhelming. The Human Body: An Orientation, Basic Chemistry, Cells and Tissues, Skin and Body Membranes, The Skeletal System, The Muscular System, The Nervous System, Special Senses, The Endocrine System, Blood, The Cardiovascular System, The Lymphatic System and Body Defenses, The Respiratory System, The Digestive System and Body Metabolism, The Urinary System, The Reproductive System. For all readers interested in learning the essentials of human anatomy and physiology.

4. Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, Seventh Edition

This textbook won First Prize (Basic and Clinical Sciences) during the 2005 BMA Awards. Through six editions, Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease has been the leading textbook in its field. No other resource has been able to match its outstanding coverage of pathophysiology and disease. Now renamed Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, the new, 7th Edition of this classic text delivers a host of improvements that make it an even clearer choice for students and practitioners!

5. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (Basic and Clinical Pharmacology)

Now in its 25th year of publication, Basic and Clinical Pharmacology is the most up-to-date and complete pharmacology textbook available. Through nine previous editions it has set the standard for concise and easy-to-read, yet comprehensive coverage of pharmacology. The text’s integration of basic with clinical science makes it well suited for an integrated organ-system-based curricula as well as the more traditional curricula.

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