Student Heme book

[Sean2tall]

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Any recommendation on a book for a MS4 Hemepath elective that can be had for a reasonable price? From poking around it looks like there should be a new WHO book later this year if I'm not mistaken, but that would be too late for this rotation.

As an aside is the WHO book a choice to get when it does come out? It seems like they are hard to find now, but are they easy to get when brand new?

Thanks!

 

[Ziehl-Neelsen]

I actually think that the 2 heme chapters in Robbins are great. They discuss a lot of the physiologic, non-malignant processes as well as the malignant ones. I would think that if you made it through those 2 chapters during your rotation you'd be way ahead of the curve. Plus, if you al ready own Robbins you can spend the money you save on beer.

The WHO books can be found on Amazon with little difficulty, and pretty much every resident library I came across on my interviews had a set. As far as the new editions are concerned, there is talk of doing away with the books and keeping the updated versions on-line, with access costing about $100.00 per year.

 

[Sean2tall]

I actually think that the 2 heme chapters in Robbins are great. They discuss a lot of the physiologic, non-malignant processes as well as the malignant ones. I would think that if you made it through those 2 chapters during your rotation you'd be way ahead of the curve. Plus, if you al ready own Robbins you can spend the money you save on beer.

The WHO books can be found on Amazon with little difficulty, and pretty much every resident library I came across on my interviews had a set. As far as the new editions are concerned, there is talk of doing away with the books and keeping the updated versions on-line, with access costing about $100.00 per year.

Ooh, OK good call. I do have Robbins already so that would be perfect. Plus I will probably have at least some amount of book fund next year.

The Robbins Gyn and GI chapters did make my look like a superstar on my regular surg path rotation. (Well maybe not a superstar, but at least OK.) Beer money it is.

I saw on the website that apparently online access is available to the 3rd edition now, but I have an aversion (perhaps excessive) to paying for certain things on a timed basis. Remember when internet was charged by the minute?

 

[Matte Kudesai]

http://www.bloodmed.com

http://ashimagebank.hematologylibrary.org

http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org


Oldie but goodie:

http://web2.airmail.net/uthman/cdphobia/cdphobia.html

 

[GeoLeoX]

If you really, REALLY like heme and have $200 burning a hole in your pocket I recommend the new edition of Kjeldsberg (ASCP Press). It covers both coagulation/anemia, etc (Vol I) and hematological malignancies (Vol II). While not as authoritative as the WHO Blue Book, it is eminently more readable.

G