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Summary: THE path book for ppl who don't mess around!
Review: If your pathology lecture handouts look like this:
"toxoplasma - immunocompromised host - cardiac transplant"
and you are thinking, "What causes what? Can professors use verbs?"
then this may be the book for you.
I found myself in the situation of requiring more explanation, and R&C PBD fits the bill.
Pros:
- Thorough (at over 1500 pages, it better be!).
- Readable - I noticed that people disagreed on this point. No, it is not "fun" to read, but I think it is as good as you can get. The text does not assume that you have mastered the previous chapters, it provides explanation throughout, making it possible to open it anywhere and still understand what is going on.
- Summary tables, nice photos, clear diagrams - could maybe use more of them.
Cons:
- It's enormous! of course, that's a problem with the subject, not the book. I guess you have to ask yourself if you can set aside the time and concentration to get through it, if not, purchase BRS pathology. (Tip: if the weight of a 1500-pg. book bothers you, get the binding removed at a copy shop and carry the currently relevant pages)
- No study questions - I recommend its Review of Pathology companion with 1100+ questions for ample board review.
Good luck, you hardcore path master!
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Summary: Pathology in an amusing way
Review: Ok, here's the deal. At a first glance, you would find this book fat and scary, but once you get into it you'll find it very amusing and interesting. I love it's general design (nice pictures and drawings), it's accurate information and it's easy -to-read format.The only problem I find is that you gotta have TIME to read it, and that thing is not so abundant when you study medicine. But believe me, once you read it, you will master pathology, and it is a MUST for a reference book, in your pathology year as well as in the future.
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Summary: Absolutely excellent Pathology textbook.
Review: One cannot praise this textbook too highly. This textbook covers all the pathology needed for medical students and then some. The book is very well structured; the first eleven chapters cover the mechanisms of disease (general pathology) with the remaining chapters covering organ system pathology. The general pathology sections are very, very good. The text is clear, readable and lucid. There are numerous diagrams and flowcharts throughout this book. Buy this text you will not regret it.
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Summary: thick but not good
Review: The book is written in a very dense matter and extremely unfriendly to reading but worst of all it has very few histological images so while the description is there you often times do not see it and so you don't learn it.
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Summary: Smart Book in Pathology
Review: There are hundreds of thousands of medical facts existing in this field. Memorizing all of them seems impossible to medical students. The only way to turn out this dead end is to understand fundamental mechanisms of diseases. Robbins illustrates those mechanisms with easy-to-understand ways. No confusion, no frustration. I also wannna criticize the "Basic Pathology". Although it's written by the same authors, it's too simple. With not much corcern to mechanisms. This book leads ambitious readers to hell!
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Summary: Very detailed and comprehensive coverage of the material
Review: This book covers just about everything you would want to know about pathophysiology and disease processes. I am using it as a reference for an honors high school level course and it is much too indepth for secondary students but would be great for college level or above with a good biochemistry and anatomy/physiology background.
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: This book is comprehensive. I bought it because my school issued me the "Robbin's Basic Pathology" and I wanted the extra detail. I wasn't disappointed. The explanations are quite clear, and the CD that comes with allows you access to the complete text of the book online, as well as some practice sample cases and lots of slides. It is a bit tough to get through, simply because it is long, but the rewards are considerable. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: This book is excellent. I used the 4th edition as a medical student and am currently reading this edition in preparation for my pathology boards. The book is much improved in terms of readibility, great tables, diagrams, and color photographs. It is a must have for medical students interested in pathology as well as pathologists.
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Summary: A must for every med student
Review: This book is kickass! I have no book in my library that I use more of. It is well illustrated, with good text on all manner of diseases and mechanisms you don't want to be involved in. The only down point is that the chapters are not indexed, so that you know what the title headings in each chapter are, but not which page they are on. A bit of a hassle when you need to find something quickly.
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Summary: simple explanations for complex subjects
Review: This book provides an excellent backgroud for clinical thinking and its contents are very trustable.
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