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Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine

  • 7th Edition - June 2, 2009
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: David Randall, Mona Waterhouse
  • Language: English

***2010 BMA Book Awards - First Prize - Medicine category*** “This book is comprehensive, student friendly (if still intimidating in size!) and covers such a vast breadth of knowl… Read more

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***2010 BMA Book Awards - First Prize - Medicine category***

“This book is comprehensive, student friendly (if still intimidating in size!) and covers such a vast breadth of knowledge. It still remains the primary ‘must-have’ text book of any budding doctor, or qualified one at that. This book is stunning in its breadth and in its ease of use. It still remains as the ‘gold-standard’ thorough guide to clinical medicine its forefathers were.” BMA Judges' quote

Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine is known, respected and admired by medical students, doctors and health professionals throughout the world. It provides in one volume a comprehensive and authoritative source of information on the management and treatment of medical problems. Clarity of writing, a hallmark of Kumar and Clark, has been combined with a colourful and attractive presentation and a companion website to produce a complete resource of medical information. Kumar and Clark is now regarded as the one book that every aspiring and qualified doctor should own.

Key features

  • Colour-coded chapters make the book attractive and easy to navigate.

  • Drawings and photographs bring the subjects to life.

  • Boxes and tables pull out and display important information.

  • Clear headings and a comprehensive index allow the reader to pinpoint information quickly and accurately.

  • The online version has been extended and updated as part of the Student Consult platform.
  • Readership

    Undergraduate medical students, post-graduate medical students, trainee specialists, GPs and consultants.

    Table of contents

    1 Ethics (Len Doyal) and communication (A Cushing and C Mallinson)

    2 Molecular cell biology and genetic disorders (RK Iles)

    3 The immune system and disease (M Peakman)

    4 Infectious diseases, tropical medicine and sexually transmitted infection (RG Finch, WL Irving, P Moss and J Anderson)

    5 Nutrition (M Elia)

    6 Gastrointestinal disease (PD Fairclough and DBA Silk)

    7 Liver, biliary tract and pancreatic disease (AK Burroughs and D Westaby)

    8 Haematological disease (MF Murray, KJ Pasi and J Wainscoat)

    9 Malignant disease (CJ Gallagher, TA Andrew Lister, MJ Johnson and A Davies)

    10 Rheumatology and bone disease (M Shipley, A Rahman, D O'Grádaigh and JE Compston)

    11 Renal disease (MM Yaqoob)

    12 Water, electrolytes and acid-base balance (MM Yaqoob)

    13 Cardiovascular disease (AJ Camm and N Bunce)

    14 Respiratory disease (AJ Frew and ST Holgate)

    15 Intensive care medicine (CJ Hinds and D Watson)

    16 Drug therapy and poisoning (M Rawlins and JA Vale)

    17 Environmental medicine (ML Clark, CRA Clarke and A Geddes)

    18 Endocrine disease (TA Howlett and MJ Levy)

    19 Diabetes mellitus and other disorders of metabolism (EAM Gale and JV Anderson)

    20 The special senses (M Harries, F Vaz and S Verma)

    21 Neurological disease (CRA Clarke)

    22 Psychological medicine (Peter D White and AW Clare)

    23 Skin disease (DG Paige)

    Review quotes

    "This is one of a select few books that deserves to be in most doctors’ personal possession and it’s as simple as that. ...The book alone is worth the money but you get more than this when you purchase it. You get free on line access to the full text through http://www.studentconsult.com/ and this is marvellous. ... The beauty of this book lies in its wide appeal which includes students and post graduates, GPs and Consultants and those in the training grades. Having an online twin to accompany the book as standard is truly fantastic." Dr Harry Brown (Review of the previous edition)

    Product details

    • Edition: 7
    • Latest edition
    • Published: May 7, 2012
    • Language: English

    About the editor

    DR

    David Randall

    David Randall is Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL; Consultant Physician and Nephrologist, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
    Affiliations and expertise
    Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL; Consultant Physician and Nephrologist, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK