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Suggested Emergency Medicine Textbooks:

Harrison's Internal Medicine; (McGraw Hill)
ISBN (0079111696)

Emergency Medicine; Rosen and Barkin et al, (Mosby)
ISBN (0801643031)

Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine; Roberts and Hedges (Saunders)
ISBN (0721676111)

Clinical Anatomy for Emergency Medicine; Snell and Smith (Mosby)
ISBN (0801665493)

Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Reisdorff, Roberts, Witgenstein (Saunders)
ISBN (0721632815)

Differential Diagnosis of Acute Pain by Body Region; Weiner (McGraw-Hill)
ISBN (0721623425)

Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose; Haddad & Winchester (Saunders)
ISBN (0721664091)

Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine; Harwood-Nuss, Linden et al (Lippincott)
ISBN (0-397-50896-4)

Diagnostic Radiology in Emergency Medicine; Rosen & Doris (Mosby)
ISBN (0-8016-6267-2)

Radiology of Emergency Medicine; Harris & Harris (Williams & Williams)
ISBN (0-683-03884-2)

Emergency Orthopedics; Simon & Koenigsknect (Appleton & Lange)
ISBN (0-8385-2208-4)

Handbook of Urgent Care Medicine
by Michelle H. Biros (Editor), Steve Sterner (Editor), E. Corey Vogel (Editor), E. Corradin Vogel (Editor)
Paperback: 447 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 9.00 x 6.00
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers; 2nd edition (May 15, 2002)
ISBN (1560534486)
$53.95 at Amazon.com
$44.95 at medbookstore.com

Emergency Medicine: An Approach to Clinical Problem-Solving, 2nd Edition
by Glen Hamilton (Editor), Arthur Sanders (Editor), Gary Strange (Editor)
Publisher: W B Saunders, 2003
ISBN (0721692788)
$134 for hardcover and $65 for paperback of the first edition at Amazon

Emergency Medicine: the Essentials
by Stephen McElroy, MD
Publisher: Health Emergency Publishing, 2003
ISBN (0972247009)
448 pages, $24.95, $14.95 at Amazon

ALTERNATIVES:

Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Fleisher (Williams & Williams) SRP $169
ISBN (0683032550)

CD-ROM Clinical Dermotology Diagnostic & Therapy; Habif (Year Book Med Pub) SRP $179
ISBN (0815141599)

Color Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology; Fitzpatrick (McGraw Hill) SRP $51
ISBN (0070213887)

Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient
by Allan H. Goroll (Editor), Albert G. Mulley (Editor)
Hardcover: 1320 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.95 x 11.35 x 8.87
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers; 4th edition (August 15, 2000)
ISBN (0781712483)
$71.91 at Amazon.com

Office Orthopedics for Primary Care: Diagnosis and Treatment
by Bruce Carl Anderson ,Ray Kersey (Editor)
Paperback: 326 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.59 x 10.99 x 8.52
Publisher: W B Saunders; 2nd edition (January 1999)
ISBN (072167089X)
$53.95 at Amazon.com

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• medical student: reads entire article but does not understand what any of it means
• intern: uses journal as a pillow during nights on call
• resident: would like to read article but eats dinner instead
• chief resident: skips article entirely and reads the classifieds
• junior attending: reads and analyzes entire article in order to pimp medical students
• senior attending: reads abstracts and quotes the literature liberally
• research attending: reads entire article, reanalyzes statistics and looks up all references, usually in lieu of sex
• chief of service: reads references to see if he/she was cited anywhere
• private attending: doesn't buy journals in the first place but keeps an eye open for medical articles that make it into Time or Newsweek
• emeritus attending: reads entire article but does not understand what any of it means

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