CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2021

You better read this book, friend.

I bought this book after sacrificing my 2019 copy in the MICU because I didn’t want to bring the COVID home. And it is just as good. You need to know about primary hyperparathyroidism? Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? Babesiosis? You better read this book, friend.

Missing more than 30 pages from the index. The index is an important factor for me when referencing a book with almost two thousand pages of content.

As a FNP student who graduates in 6 months my preceptor suggested this book and its amazing

I bought this textbook for almost $80. It should be in Brand New condition...The way it was packaged caused many of the pages in the front to fold in...which wasn't a huge deal by itself, eventually the book will start to look used anyway. (Except I paid $76 for a new book and would like to break it in myself)
More importantly, as I opened it up to read up on the section I am currently studying, I noticed that the book has started to come away from the spine in the center! I cannot open to a page near the center without the whole thing collapsing in half.
Update:
The company was kind enough to send me a second one and I am supposed to send in the damaged one. The new one arrived with the same defect... is anyone else dealing with this? I opened the book carefully. I even ran my finger along the inside of the book along the crease every 50 pages or so to help warm it up before opening it up all the way... and it was still split!

I think i will love this book and feel it will be helpful as an FNP student. I'm sure it will come in handy in practice as well! i'm excited about it. my only complaint is that as soon as i opened the book the pages tore away from the spine of the book. Its a large book and paperback so I'm guessing that's expected. I will keep the book but i just dont want it to eventually fall apart completely.

Needs to be read with scepticism as much of this is out of date information and could lead to incorrect diagnosis and cause patients harm. Especially regarding complex conditions more common with women - such as autoimmune disorders, ME/CFS, autonomic dysfunction ( which it doesn't even address and is a leading cause as to why this is often misdiagnosed as 'Anxiety') and other post viral illnesses. Even more horrifying is the advice of 'listen empathetically' to patients because it is 'real' to them - when in fact, it is real. I am very disappointed that the authors didn't review up to date research as some of the 'treatment' suggestions could do serious harm to patients.

Excellent up to date material for office and daily medical reference. I recommend it.

Very organized

This book is way too big to be in a single paperback and they really should have split it into 2 smaller volumes. Fresh out of the box and my brand new copy is splitting away from the spine, causing significant difficulty in opening pages near the split. I’m sure the content is great, but for a $60+ book, it shouldn’t arrive already defective.

My PA program used this as a recommended reading. It's a thick book, but it has helpful tables and great info. This is a book I'll keep on my shelf for a long time.