Prepared by residents and attending physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, this pocket-sized looseleaf is one of the best-selling references for medical students, interns, and residents on the wards and candidates reviewing for internal medicine board exams. In bulleted lists, tables, and algorithms,
Pocket Medicine provides key clinical
information about common problems in all areas of internal medicine. The looseleaf binding resembles the familiar "
pocket brain" notebook that most students and interns carry and allows users to add notes. This thoroughly updated Second Edition includes a new section on neurological problems, particularly stroke and seizures. Pocket Medicine, Second
I've heard that this book is really only used in New England (obviously since it's published by MGH) but EVERYONE here uses it. The best recommendation for any medical book is how many people use it
I have little to add to what is already written. I bought the previous edition of this book in July 2003 as I was starting my Family Medicine residency. By end of the year it was the only book I still