The depth and breadth of the medical conditions covered is comprehensive, and provides superb introductions to, or reminders of, many illnesses and diseases.


Do people pay for this book?   February 16, 2006
 4 out of 14 found this review helpful

I have found that the MDU / MPS etc are only too keen to give this book away for free when you join up with them at medical school. Wouldn't bother paying for it until you reach the end of your time at medical school and have lost your original copy. I have seemed to have accumulated about eight different Oxford Handbooks of varying types through freebies. Buy the other mini book - is it kumar and clark?


Get You Through Life   February 23, 2005
 27 out of 27 found this review helpful

This is the internationally renowned, megatastic book to beat all books when it comes to doing your job as a doctor. It has all the prerequisites necessary; it's concise, it has all the information you need to identify , and manage all manner of complaints and all in a pocket size book. Other books sit on the shelf and gather dust whereas this will stick with you for your formative years when you are still figuring out the gaps in your education. Nothing else will ever come close except for a new edition perhaps.