Description

• • The opening section describes the fundamentals of genetics, immunology, infectious diseases and population health, and discusses the core principles of clinical decision-making and good prescribing.
  • A new second section on emergency and critical care medicine encompasses poisoning, envenomation and environmental medicine, and introduces a new chapter on acute medicine and critical illness.
  • The third section covers the major medical specialties, each thoroughly revised and brought fully up to date. Two new chapters on maternal and adolescent/transition medicine complement the one on ageing and disease. A new chapter on medical ophthalmology has been included.

• • Clinical Examination overviews summarise the main elements for each system and now feature in the biochemistry, nutrition and dermatology chapters.

• • Presenting Problems sections provide a clear pathway for the assessment of and approach to the most common complaints in each specialty.

• • Practice Point summaries detail the practical skills that medical students and junior doctors must acquire.

• • Emergency boxes emphasise the core knowledge needed to manage acutely ill patients.

• In Old Age, In Pregnancy and In Adolescence boxes highlight differences in the practice of medicine in these patient groups, and illustrate the interfaces between medical, obstetric and paediatric services.
• The text is extensively illustrated, with over 1000 diagrams, clinical photographs, and radiology and pathology images.
• The global perspective is enhanced by an International Advisory Board of experts from 17 countries, and by authors from around the world.

• The new second section on emergency and critical care medicine introduces a significantly expanded and comprehensive account of the approaches to dealing with acute medical and critical illness.
• Two new chapters on maternal and adolescent/transition medicine complement the one on ageing and disease by addressing problems encountered at key stages of patients’ lives.
• A new chapter on medical ophthalmology has been included as a direct response to readers’ requests.

• The opening chapter has been completely rewritten with a new focus on the important principles of clinical decision-making or clinical reasoning.
• A new internal text design for this 23^rd Edition provides a simpler and clearer presentation of the various categories of text boxes.