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by: F. Charles Brunicardi, Dana K. Andersen, Timothy R. Billiar, David L. Dunn, John G. Hunter, Raphael E. Pollock  Amazon.com's Price: $160.00 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 617 EAN: 9780071410908 Edition: 8 ISBN: 0071410902 Label: McGraw-Hill Professional Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 2000 Publication Date: October 14, 2004 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Studio: McGraw-Hill Professional Related Items:
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 Rating:  - AppreciatedThis book is much appreciated by the medical community and I found it both informative as well as educational. Rating:  - OK, I'm a convert.I found the 7th edition of Schwartz a chore to read. However, while the recent edition of Sabiston has abridged and cut detail in favor of glossy color pictures, the 8th edition of Schwartz is a well balanced textbook, with an appropriate level of detail and an excellent basis in basic science. The chapters are also immensely readable! This is the text that I intend to finish reading during my surgical residency... Rating: - readableI am a fourth year medical student going into general surgery and this is the only surgical textbook that I have read in significantly. I chose this book because it got the best rating in First Aid for the Wards. I have completed all but the last 100 pages of this 1870 page text. It begins with a 500 page, 14 chapter section entitled "Part I, Basic Considerations" that is mostly surgical basic sciences. This material is mostly well-covered. The clinical application is not always clear but that ... Read More 
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