The Editors are pleased to present the 19th edition of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. Since the first edition was published 65 years ago, virtually every area of medicine and medical education has evolved remarkably, and many new fields have emerged.
While retaining the founding goals of Harrison’s, this edition has been modified extensively in light of the varied needs of the book's readers and the diverse methods and formats by which information is now acquired and applied. The focus of medical education worldwide is shifting from the classic structure/function/disease approach to an integrated, often case-based approach in which basic and population sciences are specifically linked to the practical diagnosis and management of disease. Many of the updates and changes described here have been undertaken with the modern educational and clinical environments in mind.
This new edition offers a thoroughly updated presentation of the classic pathophysiologic basis of clinical medicine and details the cutting-edge methods and tools that are now available for the assessment of symptoms and the effective management of diseases in the modern patient-care environment. The text is supplemented by germane new photographs, radiographs, illustrations, atlases, patient-care algorithms, tables, and practical demonstrative videos.
In the interest of producing the most practical format possible for the 19th edition, a new system of referencing has been used. Detailed bibliographic listings, with summaries of articles’ relevance to practice, appear in the online edition, replacing the general and limited collection of Suggested Readings that appeared in the prior print editions.
- Two printed books
- Format 22.5 x 29 cm
- 2,970 pages printed in full color
- Language English
- Fine hardcover binding plasticized
- 19th Edition, year 2016
- ISBN: 978-0-07-180215-4, 9780071802154
- Authors: Dennis L. Kasper, Anthony S. Fauci, Stephen L. Hauser, Dan L. Longo, J. Larry Jameson and Joseph Loscalzo
- © McGraw-Hill
- Part 1: General Considerations in Clinical Medicine.
- Part 2: Cardinal Manifestations and Presentation of Diseases.
- Part 3: Genes, the Environment, and Disease.
- Part 4: Regenerative Medicine.
- Part 5: Aging.
- Part 6: Nutrition and Weight Loss.
- Part 7: Oncology and Hematology.
- Part 8: Infectious Diseases.
- Part 9: Terrorism and Clinical Medicine.
- Part 10: Disorders of the Cardiovascular System.
- Part 11: Disorders of the Respiratory System.
- Part 12: Critical Care Medicine.
- Part 13: Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract.
- Part 14: Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System.
- Part 15: Immune-mediated, Inflammatory, and Rheumatologic Disorders.
- Part 16: Endocrinology and Metabolism.
- Part 17: Neurologic Disorders.
- Part 18: Poisoning, Drug Overdose, and Envenomation.
- Part 19: Disorders Associated with Environmental Exposures.
- APPENDIX: Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance.
- Part 20: Clinical Procedures Tutorials.
