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Excellent well rounded book	Customer Rating:
I much prefer this medical text to Kumar and Clark. IT is very logical and explains subjects well.

The Best Bargain

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After studying Harrison's principles of internal medicine throughout my final year i knew that it's not possible to review from it, So i decided to buy Davidson which i guess that it contains the largest amount of comprehensive informations in the smallest size possible. The thing i loved in this book that it goes directly to the point which is important for answering the true&false type of questions. The way this book explaining PATHOPHYSIOLOGY of diseases is brief, complete,updated, and i guess thats way a lot of people love this book. The book is not useful for American students or countries following American guide line because of lot differences between the American and British medical systems which i have noticed after studying both books and this will make answer some of questions wrongly. Problem with Davidson is the extensive use of tables which sometimes contain things not mentioned in the text and some of them are extremely rare for an undergraduate to know. Chapters on CVS, Respiratory, Hematology, Rheumatology, DM, & HIV where very nice.

Attitudes have changed	Customer Rating:
I can see a major change in peoples attitudes and expectations from any given book. I am sure a lot of senior doctors would agree with me that one cant learn everything from one book and the one who realises this early on in the profession goes long way.

Brilliant

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Davidson's is the best textbook of clinical medicine I have encountered. I own Kumar & Clarke as well but did not end up using it as much as i found it quite a boring read. It is detailed and structured but does not incite an interest in the subject like Davidson's does. The way information is presented in Davidson's also makes it easy to retain. And it has all the important information and the right emphasis on each topic. I also really like the EBM summaries presented in the little boxes found throughout the book. Wish I had found it earlier. Recommended for all medical students and practising doctors. I agree with the other reviewers- Davidson's is in my opinion a much better textbook than Kumar & Clarke, which I found very encyclopedic.

not helpful for the MRCP

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Having strayed away from this book for a couple of years since qualifying I returned to it whilst studying for the MRCP. Fortunately i quickly realized that the over edited text tends to miss out the slighty more idiosyncratic MRCP facts e.g i challenge you to find the pattern of motion wall movement on cardiac USS in HOCM - key information in the part 2. The lack of chapters on molecular medicine, immunology and statistics is also unhelpful. In the end i used question books and Kalra and easily passed the part 1. I find that the old adage is still true - read davidson's and you understand medicine; just don't expect it to distill important MRCP info for you. I hear the next edition is going to be more MRCP friendly.