Clinical Medicine 8th edition

STOCK CODE: BK2912

Medical students, practising doctors and health-care professionals will benefit from the clear lay-out of this book. - By Kumar and Clark. Updated & revised edition with clearer design for ease of access. (2009) 1343pp

The 7th edition of Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine is a thoroughly updated, reworked and revised new edition of the first-prize winner in the Medicine category in the BMA 2006 Medical Book Competition. It is the market-leading comprehensive and authoritative single-volume textbook of internal medicine, consulted by students and doctors alike throughout the world.

Covering the management of disease, based on an understanding of scientific principles, and including the latest developments in treatment, it is written for medical students and doctors preparing for specialist exams, but it is an ideal general reference text for all practising doctors.

The new edition is part of Elsevier's StudentConsult electronic community. StudentConsult titles come with full text online, a unique image library, case studies, questions and answers, online note-taking, and integration links to content in other disciplines - ideal for problem-based learning.


Audience:
Undergraduate medical students, post-graduate medical students, trainee specialists, GPs and consultants.


Contents:
1 Ethics (Len Doyal) and communication (A Cushing and C Mallinson)
2 Molecular cell biology and genetic disorders (RK Iles)
3 The immune system and disease (M Peakman)
4 Infectious diseases, tropical medicine and sexually transmitted infection (RG Finch, WL Irving, P Moss and J Anderson)
5 Nutrition (M Elia)
6 Gastrointestinal disease (PD Fairclough and DBA Silk)
7 Liver, biliary tract and pancreatic disease (AK Burroughs and D Westaby)
8 Haematological disease (MF Murray, KJ Pasi and J Wainscoat)
9 Malignant disease (CJ Gallagher, TA Andrew Lister, MJ Johnson and A Davies)
10 Rheumatology and bone disease (M Shipley, A Rahman, D O'Gradaigh and JE
Compston)
11 Renal disease (MM Yaqoob)
12 Water, electrolytes and acid-base balance (MM Yaqoob)
13 Cardiovascular disease (AJ Camm and N Bunce)
14 Respiratory disease (AJ Frew and ST Holgate)
15 Intensive care medicine (CJ Hinds and D Watson)
16 Drug therapy and poisoning (M Rawlins and JA Vale)
17 Environmental medicine (ML Clark, CRA Clarke and A Geddes)
18 Endocrine disease (TA Howlett and MJ Levy)
19 Diabetes mellitus and other disorders of metabolism (EAM Gale and JV
Anderson)
20 The special senses (M Harries, F Vaz and S Verma)
21 Neurological disease (CRA Clarke)
22 Psychological medicine (Peter D White and AW Clare)
23 Skin disease (DG Paige)