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Essentials of Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine

  • 8th Edition - June 25, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Nicola Zammitt, Euan Sandilands
  • Language: English

Portable and easy to use, Essentials of Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine, 8th Edition, provides essential information for students and clinicians based on Kumar & Clark’s Cl… Read more

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Portable and easy to use, Essentials of Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine, 8th Edition, provides essential information for students and clinicians based on Kumar & Clark’s Clinical Medicine —the highly respected, gold-standard textbook on the treatment and management of medical conditions. This bestselling, BMA award-winning pocket guide is a practical revision reference for doctors on the ward, including normal values, medical emergencies, useful websites, abbreviations, and a dictionary of terms. Now fully up to date, this new edition is accessible and concise, making it an essential companion for medical students, doctors, and health professionals in the UK and around the world.

Key features

  • New MLA index for easy navigation of content related to the MLA exam
  • New chapters on Radiology and Stroke Medicine, as well as a new section on organophosphate poisoning
  • Logical and easy to follow, highlighted by illustrations and tables that enhance understanding
  • Includes an emergency guide for quick reference
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Readership

Undergraduate medical students, junior doctors

Table of contents

1. Infectious Diseases

2. Gastroenterology and Nutrition

3. Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreatic Disease

4. Haematological Disease

5. Malignant Disease and Palliative Medicine

6. Rheumatology

7. Water, Electrolytes and Acid-Base Balance

8. Renal Disease

9. Cardiovascular Disease

10. Respiratory Disease

11. Critical Care Medicine

12. Radiology

13. Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

14. Endocrine Disease

15. Diabetes Mellitus and Other Disorders of Metabolism

16. The Special Senses

17. Neurology

18. Stroke Medicine

19. Dermatology

20. Elderly Medicine and Frailty

Product details

  • Edition: 8
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Nicola Zammitt

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Physician and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer; Clinical Director Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes (ECED); Clinical Lead Diabetes Managed Clinical Network; Foundation Programme Director (S11), Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

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Euan Sandilands

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Physician, Clinical Toxicology & Acute Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK