Medicine is a revolutionary core textbook designed with students for students.

Clinically-orientated and focused squarely on the core curriculum, Medicine delivers what medical students need to know in a manner that encourages learning. Medicine has evolved out of close collaboration and planning with students, junior doctors, and teachers. The result is something refreshingly different - the result is something quite unique.

 

Medicine successfully integrates basic science and clinical practice. The systems-based chapters all follow a common structure:

 

• Structure and Function - the essential basics that underpin each system

• Approach to the Patient - history and examination, clinical presentations, differential diagnosis and investigations

• Disease and their Management - all the common conditions that medical students need to know for future practice

 

This consistent, easy-to-navigate structure makes locating information simple and it is also tailored toward successful revision. All chapters have been updated and revised to follow the core curriculum and current medical practice. A new chapter on the Human Aspects of Medicine covers the principles of medicine, ethics, law and evidence-based medicine guidelines.

 

Individual colour-coded features make Medicine even easier to use:

 

• 'At a Glance' boxes: perfect for quick review and revision

• 'Clinical Presentations at a Glance': excellent summaries to develop your clinical problem-solving skills

• 'Key Points': alert you to essential information throughout

• 'Must Know' checklists: highlight the key learning objectives in each chapter

• 'Further Reading': your guide to clinical evidence from key books, journals and websites

1. The human aspects of medicine / A.J. Maycock & C.A. O'Callaghan

2. The scientific basis of medicine / R. Allen & C.A. O'Callaghan

3. Infectious disease / S.H. Gillespie, C. Sonnex & C. Carne

4. Rheumatic disease / J.S. Axford

5. Metabolic bone disease / E. Clark & J. Tobias

6. Chest disease / M.J. Walshaw & C.R.K. Hind

7. Heart disease / C.W. Pumphrey

8. Renal disease / C.A. O'Callaghan, D. Packham & J.C. Kingswood

9. Liver biliary tract & pancreatic disease / J. Neuberger

10. Gastrointestinal disease / G.R. Davies & D.S. Rampton

11. Diabetes mellitus, lipoprotein disorders & other metabolic diseases/lipids / K. Baynes & D.J. Betteridge

12. Endocrine disease / F. Kaplan & G. Conway

13. Neurological disease / M. Macleod & C.J. Mumford

14. Psychological medicine / J. Bolton & G. Bell

15. Haematological disease / D.H. Bevan

16. Palliative medicine / A.C. Kurowska & A. Tookman

17. Poisoning / A. Fletcher & F.P. Morris

18. Skin disease / C.B. Bunker