My medical school has listed several texts for our Intro. Clin. Med. & Physical Diagnosis classes and there appears to be a significant amount of disparity over which texts are the best sources.

They require one of the texts below for Physical Diagnosis & one text/one reference for Intro. Clin. Med:


Physical Diagnosis:

Textbook of Physical Diagnosis; Swartz, M.D., 4th Edition, 2002; W.B. Saunders; ISBN: 072169411X

Physical Examination and History Taking; Bates, M.D., 8th Edition, 2002; Lippincott; ISBN: 0781735114


Intro To Clinical Medicine:

Texts:

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine; Thaler, Hope, Longmore; 1st Edition, 1999; Oxford University Press; ISBN: 019512572X

Harrison's Manual of Medicine; Braunwald, Fauci, Kasper, Hauser, Longo, Jameson; 15th Edition, 2001; McGraw-Hill; ISBN: 0071373772

Reference:

Clinical Medicine; Kumar, Clark; 5th Edition, 2002; WB Saunders; ISBN: 0702025798

Cecil Textbook of Medicine; Goldman, Ausiello; 22nd Edition, 2003; WB Saunders; ISBN: 072169652X

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine; Braunwald, Fauci, Kasper, Hauser, Longo, Jameson; 15th Edition, 2003; McGraw-Hill; ISBN: 0070072728


Any insight on which of these texts are superior and why would be greatly appreciated. Thanks