Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine (Pocket Notebook Series)

Poorly written, and elementary. Waste of money.

I used it as a third year medical student, as an intern, as a resident, and now as chief resident and faculty. Its a quick reference, has all the information you need and easy to keep with you. I highly recommend this book for the wards

Enormously useful information in a very condensed format. Great to have in your pocket as you bumble your way through intern year with only dim memories of hyponatremia lectures.

For the medical student or intern, this book cannot be beat. It has all the essential information you will need on the spot while rounding, on-call, etc. It is by no means an in depth resource. But that it not what you need. When you have time (which will not be often), you can seek more detailed information from larger books like Harrisons or Cecils. I strongly reccommend this book. It will not be as useful to the more advanced physician, but will let the intern shine with on the spot info.

The book took forever to arive. If your a med student and you need this for the wards don't get it here unless you want it to come half way through the next rotation.