DAVIDSON'S PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

By
Nicholas Boon, MA, MD, FRCP(Ed), FESC, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Honorary Reader, University of Edinburgh
Nicki Colledge, BSc, FRCP(Ed), Consultant Geriatrician, Liberton Hospital, Edinburgh and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Honorary Senior Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Brian Walker, BSc, MD, FRCP(Ed), Professor of Endocrinology, University of Edinburgh
John Hunter, OBE, BA, MD, FRCP(Ed), Professor Emeritus of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh

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Description
The latest 20th Edition of Davidson's Principles & Practice of Medicine won the award for a New Edition of an Edited Textbook at the Royal Society of Medicine and Society of Authors 2007 Medical Book Awards. The award citation described the book as "Beautifully constructed with superb clarity of style - Davidson's continues to provide for students, doctors and other health professionals a sound basis for the practice of medicine."


This internationally famous and best-selling textbook of general (or internal) medicine is renowned for providing a rational and easily understood basis for the practice of clinical medicine. Since it was first published this comprehensive text has met the requirements of several generations of medical students preparing for their examinations, while serving as a valuable reference for doctors in training. Rather than page after page of dense text, this reference makes finding information a snap by featuring lavish, colorful visual information. Extensive tables, crib boxes, MRI images, and x-ray films accompany each chapter's succinct discussions. The book's clear organization and color-coded chapters make it simple to find just the information you need, when you need it.

Audience
Medical Students, Internal Medicine Residents

Contents
Part 1 - Principles of medicine

– Good medical practice
– Good prescribing
– Molecular mechanisms of disease
– Immunological factors in disease
– Environmental and nutritional factors in disease
– Principles of infectious disease
– Ageing and disease

Part 2 - Practice of medicine

– Critical care and emergency medicine
– Poisoning
– Medical psychiatry
– Oncology
– Palliative care and pain management
– Infectious diseases
– Human immunodeficiency virus infection and the human acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
– Sexually transmitted infections
– Clinical biochemistry and metabolism
– Kidney and urinary tract disease
– Cardiovascular disease
– Respiratory disease
– Endocrine disease
– Diabetes mellitus
– Alimentary tract and pancreatic disease
– Liver and biliary tract disease
– Blood disorders
– Musculoskeletal disorders
– Neurological disease
– Skin disease
– Appendix

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