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 - harrison's IM purchasearrived on time and in good condition, however since i was not around to receive the package, i had to go to the local post office to claim it Rating:  - Poor Customer ServiceI would very much have actually liked to use this product. Unfortunately, after ordering the "2 volume set," I received only 1 volume. And while the product description mentions a DVD, no such DVD came accompanying this book. In addition, I received poor customer service from phone support and e-mail. If you want this book, DON'T BUY IT FROM AMAZON! I understand that this will most likely not be posted. I would just like the company to own up to its own mistakes. Rating: - A suggestion for a great bookThis is an exceptional book. The level of coverage on any given topic is often 'the final authority' when other books don't have the answers. I have a considerably older version of this book circa 1978 or so and decided to update my resources for a recertification exam. While this served as an excellent reference, I did find the information cumbersome to find, with the extensive index often directing me to a single instance of the item I was searching for as part of the label of a photograph (with no particularly useful information in the photograph), for instance, sometimes requiring me to look up 10 different points and reference the pdfs on the DVD to find an answer. In short the referencing system in the index left me wasting a lot of time to find information that was a bit scatterred. This tended to make me use the book as a last resort rather than a first choice. The book is such a masterpiece of medical knowledge that giving it less than 5 stars would be unthinkable to me, but it could still be improved upon. One suggestion might be an index added to the DVD with a sophisticated search mechanism with some annotations or excerpts giving a preview of where the 'bulk' of information might be found. The quality of the information is exceptional throughout the text. Rating:  - I've expected a bit more...Well, I belive that it's a bit overcomplicated. I've got the 14th edition and it is more practical. The 17th has way to many unnecesary charts, tables, however they took out a lot of important tables, guidelines wich were important. Some chapters are reduced 50% (eg. pneumonias)......I am a bit dissapointed i was expecting more. Rating: - Harrison's Internal MedicineI ordered this text on 5/18/08. Today is 6/19/08. WOuld love to review it if I had received it... still waiting. In association with Amazon.com | |