Swanson's Family Practice Review

by Joseph E. Scherger and Nancy Dickey

Book Overview

Thoroughly revised and updated, the all-time best-selling, most complete family medicine board review guide continues to be the resource of choice for anyone preparing to take the American Board of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 032300914X
• ISBN13: 9780323009140
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 686 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Update

This 4th edition of Swanson's Family Practice Review was published in 2000 and because of the rapid advances in 21st century medicine contains outdated information that may no longer be correct. It has been replaced by a 5th edition that was completed rewritten.

Excellent Review for USMLE STEP-3

If I could rate this book higher, I would. Although written for the Family Practice Boards it was an excellent review for USMLE STEP-3. All the areas that are presented appear on the USMLE exam. Of course one will have to suppliment this book with other sources, but not much. It was particularly helpful with the accompanying questions. It seems like alot of pages to read, but the style makes it fast reading, and consequently comprehension. If you have limited time, funds, even medical knowledge--this is the one book to purchase

One of the best book i have ever read in my entire life

For all those who want to be good doctors,i have got a piece of advice which is Buy this book now!!!!.Though this book was written for the family practice review boards this is just as much worth for candidates who are preparing for usmle step 2 and step3.It contains all the basic information as what is done routinely in each and every case starting from the diagnosis to treatment.It covers each and every clincial specalities like medicine,surgery,gyna and obs,psychiatry,ethics and much more.I am preparing for step 3 right now and found this book worth a million dollars.The kind of information i gained from this book is amazing for instanceI always knew that the treatment of myocardial infarction is nitrates,aspirin,thrombolytic therapy and angiographic procedures like angioplasty.But after reading this book i came to know as what is exactly done after acutley treating this patient like you shift him to ICU and do a test for ejection fraction.Before discharging the patient which is usually 4-5 days after inpatient treatment you give the patient a submaximal stress test and ask the patient to come after 4-6 weeks ifthe sub maximal test is negative for the maximal stress test.You can ask the patient to resume his usual activity by 6-8 weeks and sexual intercourse by 4 weeks.I gained lot of practical information like this.Excellent book!!

Swanson's is excellent!

This is an excellent review book for anyone in the family practice field. I'm currently using it to review for the family practice boards. It is very well written and concise with very detailed explanations of the answers. It covers all of the major areas that will be covered on the fp boards. In fact, I'm going to keep my copy and use it as a reference source when I start to practice. I highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to brush up on the major topics of family practice.

Swansons Review of Family Practice

you WILL see information from this book on the ABFP exam ! i recommend it highly for this examination for certification or recertification !