Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20ed
Landmark 20th Edition
In an increasingly complex world of medicine, Harrison’s 20th edition is more relevant than ever, with a refreshed, user-friendly design and cutting-edge content that reflects the foundational, bioscientific, and clinical insights across the full spectrum of medicine.
Essential for Both Practice and Education
End-of-chapter suggested readings reinforce the text material and provide a robust platform for further study and research.
Brand new and up to date topics
New sections include sex and gender-based Issues in medicine; obesity, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome; consultative medicine and more.
Part 1: The Profession of Medicine
- Chapter 1: The Practice of Medicine
- Chapter 2: Promoting Good Health
- Chapter 3: Decision-Making in Clinical Medicine
- Chapter 4: Screening and Prevention of Disease
- Chapter 5: Health Care Systems in Developed Countries
- Chapter 6: The Safety and Quality of Health Care
- Chapter 7: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
- Chapter 8: Ethical Issues in Clinical Medicine
- Chapter 9: Palliative and End-of-Life Care
EDITORS :
J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD
Robert G. Dunlop Professor of Medicine; Dean, Raymond and
Ruth Perelman School of Medicine; Executive Vice President,
University of Pennsylvania for the Health System,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dennis L. Kasper, MD
William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine and Professor
of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Division of Immunology,
Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Dan L. Longo, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Senior
Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Deputy Editor,
New England Journal of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Anthony S. Fauci, MD
Chief, Laboratory of Immunoregulation; Director, National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Stephen L. Hauser, MD
Robert A. Fishman Distinguished Professor, Department of
Neurology; Director, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences,
University of California, San Francisco,
San Francisco, California
Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD
Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Chairman, Department of Medicine;
Physician-in-Chief, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston,
Massachusetts