Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, Volumes 1 & 2

by Klaus Wolff, Lowell A. Goldsmith, Stephen I. Katz

The must-have reference in dermatology--now completely revised and updated in full color! A Doody's Core Title for 2011! 5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW!
"This is the BEST edition of Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine . Every chapter has been completely rewritten and updated; many new chapters cover new topics such as atypical melanocytic nevi, oncogenes, and epidemiology; and therapy, which in previous editions was not extensively covered, now has over 300 pages devoted to therapeutics, surgery, and laser. Clinical color photographs and microscopic color photographs of histology appear in every chapter, a big improvement over the older editions that had black-and-white pictures. Everyone needs to own a copy of this superb seventh edition.... This is an outstanding book and if you have only one dermatology book, this is the one. You should beg, borrow, or sell apples on the street to buy it. It is the BEST! "-- Doody's Review Service In no other source but Fitzpatrick's can you find the most comprehensive, current, and authoritative coverage of the entire spectrum of dermatologic science, diagnosis, treatment, and management. Now in a more accessible format, with everything you need to know about skin, skin symptoms, and skin diseases right at your fingertips -- from the basic science of the skin as an immunoprotective organ to the day-to-day clinical issues of managing skin diseases like psoriasis, acne, and skin cancer. Encyclopedic in scope, yet skillfully edited so that it's easy to read and use every day, this unsurpassed resource delivers a timely look at dermatologic therapeutics as well as dermatologic surgery and cosmetic dermatology. In addition, 3,000 eye-catching full-color photographs and hundreds of time-saving tables encapsulate core concepts, while scores of references facilitate further research. NEW Full color design

2402 pages, Hardcover

First published October 17, 2007

About the author

Klaus Wolff went to Medical School at the University of Vienna. After specialty training in Dermatology at the Department of Dermatology, University of Vienna, and a postdoctoral fellowship funded by the NIH at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, Klaus Wolff was appointed Head of the Department of Experimental Dermatology at the University of Vienna and served as a visiting professor at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Ash Wednesday · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not many know this about me but I am actually a dermatologist by profession and this was the required text when I was in residency training. So I've pretty much read this edition at the very least three times in my preparation for the specialty board exams a few years ago. I still have this edition in the hefty, two volume hardbacks, digital and the mini Fitzpatrick version which had a lot of helpful images that I still use now in my practice.

My favorite section is the one about bites, stings and infestations as well as the hair and nail disorders but that photo of a child suffering from Noma still haunts me to this day.

[Lalit]

good