Download PDF Epidemiology 4th Edition 9781416040026 Medicine Health Science Books

Product details Paperback 400 pages Publisher Saunders; 4th edition (May 28, 2008) Language English ISBN-10 9781416040026 ISBN-13 978-1416040026 ASIN 1416040021

Epidemiology 4th Edition 9781416040026 Medicine Health Science Books Reviews

• This book is easy to read and arranges the information in a format that holds your interest. Newer versions may be more helpful, but I had to purchase this as a required textbook for my graduate level public health course. It isn't overly complex or overly complicated...It is one of the few books that I feel was worth the money. I feel instructors should rely on this material more than other textbooks. If you don't want to spend the money to purchase this in paperback or hard cover - has a "rent" option that is very reasonable for this textbook. All textbooks these days should come with on-line study guides for students - we definitely pay enough for the textbooks and deserve to get as much support in understanding, retaining and applying the content as possible.
• The content of the book is fine, no complaints there.
  
  Its very annoying though that every other page has a note "Rights not granted to include this figure in electronic media. Please refer to the printed publication"
  
  Some images/figures are included some or not. Seems as if 50% of figures are not included in e-version. That was not indicated before I bought this book. Be warned when buying for .
• It's incredibly useful to be able to use search & highlight features for my textbook (since I purchased the edition).
  
  BUT a solid third of the figures in the book are not shown because "Rights were not granted to include this figure in electronic media. Please refer to the printed publication." which is a pretty big letdown. Almost all the charts he references (up to ch. 5 at least) are shown, which is obviously more important than visual aids to historic or scientific references, but it would be nice to have the other figures, too!
• 1. This is a great text for learning about the fundamentals of epidemiology. It's clear and concise. I give it 5 stars for being a great book.
  
  HOWEVER
  
  Like others have said, the version SUUUUUUUUUUUCKS. Do NOT waste your money on the kindle version. It's missing ~60% of the figures that are in the book. And really, you need those. I don't even know why they thought that this was an acceptable substitute to market, it's absolutely useless. I returned the version and bought a physical copy.
• Being a novice in the field of Epidemiology, I do not know that I am well versed enough to give an opinion but...I can't say I really like the book. It starts out very interesting but then gets in to all the calculations for epidemiological issues. Unfortunately the explanations are hard to follow with poor analogies. I think in Epidemiology analogies are very important and would be a necessary teaching tool. I do not believe I would have chosen this book for students. Way too many pics of graphs and table without adequate explanation as to what they represent.
• I took epidemiology 12 years ago with the second edition. At the time, I was frankly amazed by the quality of the book. Apparently, subsequent changes have done little but to add words and muddle concepts. If you need it for your class, you don't have much choice. I hope Dr. Gordis considers whittling down some though, and spending more time reinforcing vital concepts, as opposed to adding contemporary examples to already sufficient ones.
• This book is fairly useless in the kindle format for following along with reading assignments for class because of the lack of page numbers. In addition a large number of figures and tables/graphs are unavailable because the publisher didn't have permission to reprint them in electronic format. These facts should be labeled clearly in the marketplace.
• This book provides a very basic overview of epidemiology, which is helpful if you are a novice to the subject. I needed the book because my professor tends to make things seem more complicated, and I wanted an organized, simplistic way to look at epidemiology. This book was perfect for that, though it is not for anyone with an understanding of basic epidemiology.