Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine

Adam Feather (Edited by), David Randall (Edited by), Mona Waterhouse (Edited by)

9780702078682

Paperback, published 26 June 2020

1564 pages, Approx. 1002 illustrations (833 in full color)
27.6 x 21.6 x 9.2 cm, 3.35 kg

From reviews of the previous edition: User reviews:  Amazon UK #1 best-seller
‘Five stars’, ‘Brilliant book’, ‘Brilliant for medical students’, ‘One of the best books I ever bought’, ‘Very good’, ‘Super book’, ‘Essential’
‘The ultimate medical textbook’
‘Absolutely perfect! This book is amazing. I love it.’
‘Concise, relevant and easy to use book. love it. Thank you, Kumar and Clark!’
 ‘I am a first-year medical student and this book has done wonders for me! Instead of having to trawl through the unreliability of the internet, I have clear, concise and well-presented information all in one book! I find that using this book helps me engage better with my clinical placements! In my opinion a must buy for all budding clinical based students!’
 ‘My favourite medical textbook. The world's number 1 book for medical students.’

Now in its tenth edition, Kumar & Clark’s Clinical Medicine is fully updated and revised under a new team of editors.
Featuring new chapters covering:
o Diagnosis: the art of being a doctor – helping readers to develop a confident clinical method in interactions with patients
o Elderly medicine, frailty and multimorbidity
o Public health
o Surgery
o Evidence-based medicine
o Sepsis and the treatment of bacterial infection 
o Haematological Oncology
o Venous thromboembolic disease
o Hypertension
o Men’s health
Enhanced clinical skills content has been added to most chapters - helping readers tailor history-taking and examination skills to specific specialty-based contexts.
Bonus online content - including self-assessment, common clinical and international cases, cardiovascular and respiratory audio material, clinical examination videos and bite-sized topic pages covering major conditions.
Heavily revised throughout with smaller chapters to ease navigation, added introductions and system overviews included for most chapters.

Edited by Adam Feather, MBBS, FRCP, FAcadMEd; David Randall, MA, MRCP; and Mona Waterhouse, MA, MRCP. Contributors comprise consultants at the top of their fields, paired with younger doctors closer to the exam experience, to ensure authority and relevance. International Advisory Board, led by Professor Janaka de Silva and Professor Senaka Rajapakse, providing guidance for global coverage from across the world. Members of the International Advisory Board have contributed to the ebook with additional content to amplify areas of clinical importance in their parts of the world.Enhanced e-book accompanies the print book, for ease of transportation and use on the move.

1 Diagnosis: the art of being a doctor

Subject Areas: Clinical & internal medicine [MJ]