 |
|
Anatomy
Gray’s Anatomy e-dition: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice
edited by Susan Standring, 39th ed, includes CD-ROMs and access to http://www.graysanatomyonline.com, 1627 pp, with illus, $199, ISBN 0-443-06676-0, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005.
JAMA. 2005;293:2942-2943.
|
|
| Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings. |
|
|
|
Old men are always young enough to learn with profit.
—Aeschylus, Agamemnon
The first thing that I observed when I received the 39th edition of this great book was the change in subtitle from The Anatomical Basis of Medicine and Surgery to The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. I agree with this change, because Gray’s Anatomy should belong not only to physicians but to all health professionals.
This weighty volume is not only an edition but a multimedia "e-dition" package that includes the full textbook, two CD-ROMs, and an accompanying, continuously-updated Web site. These features are a tremendous benefit for the student, since our institutions teach anatomy for only 3 months. Continued atrophy of anatomical teaching can lead only to the production of medical scientists who are unable to practice medicine.
In the preface, Dr Standring states that the current edition is presented not in systems but in regions, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
John E. Skandalakis, MD, PhD, Reviewer
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Ga
cfroman@emory.edu
 CiteULike  Connotea  Del.icio.us  Digg  Reddit  Technorati  Twitter
What's this?
|
