Description
The go-to textbook for medical students Designed to be as easy to understand as it is comprehensive, Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine is the definitive guide for medical students and doctors in training.Revised and updated to reflect the structure of modern medical care, an all-new Acute Medicine chapter focuses on the initial, problem-based assessment of the unwell patient. Chapters on Medical Specialties explore the diagnosis and management of patients with chronic disease across the spectrum of systems-based disorders. Sections on The Practice of Medicine, Medicine and the world and Medicine Throughout Life explore medicine in its wider context, addressing the health needs of the population as well as specific patient groups.This book has been the must-have text for medical students and doctors in training for over 35 years. The 11th edition has been fully updated and restructured to suit the needs of a contemporary audience.- A unified chapter format makes the book easy to read and navigate- Comprehensive content includes clinical skills, basic medical sciences and individual conditions- Succinct notes on clinical emergencies, differential diagnosis and practical procedures- Fully revised and updated throughout- Additional online videos and self-assessment questions to test knowledge retention and supplement learning
Table of Contents
PART 1 THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE1. The art of being a doctor2. Clinical communication3. Medical ethics4. Evidence-based practice5. Human genetics6. Immunity7. Therapeutics and prescribing8. RadiologyPART 2 MEDICINE AND THE WORLD9. Public health10. Global and planetary healthPART 3 ACUTE AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE11. Acute medicine12. Sepsis and the treatment of bacterial infection13. Critical care medicine14. Anaesthesia and perioperative medicine15. Toxicology16. Environmental medicinePART 4 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES17. Cardiology18. Hypertension19. Lipid and metabolic disorders20. Respiratory medicine21. Ear, nose, and throat22. Gastroenterology23. Hepatology24. Biliary tract and pancreatic disease25. Nutrition26. Kidney and urinary tract disease27. Water balance, fluids, and electrolytes28. Neurology29. Stroke medicine30. General hospital psychiatry31. Ophthalmology32. Rheumatology33. Bone disease34. Endocrinology35. Diabetes mellitus36. Metabolic disease37. Obesity38. Haematology39. Haematological oncology40. Venous thromboembolic disease41. Malignant disease42. Infectious disease43. Sexually transmitted infections44. Human immunodeficiency virus45. DermatologyPART 5 MEDICINE THROUGHOUT LIFE46. Young adult medicine47. Sex and gender in medicine48. Obstetric medicine49. Medicine of the older adult50. Palliative care and symptom control
