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| - 'This is the Godfather, the omega, The Book, and with this Book, all of medicine is at your side.' - Surgo Magazine,
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| Description | | - COMPREHENSIVE - aims to cover everything doctors need to know about the entire spectrum of disease and prevention
- INTERNATIONAL - the only textbook of medicine to give a global account of disease. More contributors than ever before from outside Europe, many from North America
- ACCESSIBLE - written in clear English and providing memorable descriptions of disease
- EVIDENCE-BASED - not only based on the best available evidence but also sound, distilled clinical experience
- Integrated - combines clinical excellence with scientific principles - FROM THE GENOME TO THE BEDSIDE
- Written by WORLD AUTHORITIES - many of the authors are among the most distinguished medical authorities of our time
| The Oxford Textbook of Medicine
provides all that any doctor needs to know to practise top-level internal medicine. It gives comprehensive coverage of the epidemiology, aetiology, and mechanism of disease, as well as clear, unambiguous coverage of the diagnosis, practical management and prevention of the entire spectrum of medical disorders.
There are major introductory sections on the
scientific basis of disease; and in the system-based clinical sections genetic predisposition, pathophysiology, pathogenesis, molecular mechanisms, and cell biology are covered in depth for all significant medical syndromes. Clinical descriptions of diseases are clearly and memorably written, based on the experience and insight of the authors -- many of whom are among the world's most
distinguished medical scientists. Chapters are not only "evidence based" but also based on clinical experience and a thorough survey of all the relevant literature. Throughout, the approach of OTM is humane and ethical and, at the same time, factual, reliable, honest (especially where knowledge is limited) and rigorously scientific.
This is not just a textbook of "First World" medicine. It
provides practical guidance for doctors working in a variety of medical settings, stressing the value of a logical clinical approach rather than immediate resort to expensive imaging and laboratory tests. More of the contributing authors than ever before are from outside Europe, including strong representation of North American medicine.
The new editorial team has ensured that the OTM
continues to reflect rapid changes in medical practice; there are new sections on intensive care, alcohol and drug abuse, clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, world health, clinical trials and evidence-based medicine, adolescent medicine, sports medicine, and emergency medicine; more than half the contributors are new for this edition; and most of the text has been heavily revised. The striking
new page and cover design reflect the significant changes made in this new edition.
The Textbook is illustrated by over 2000 two-colour diagrams and many colour Plates. The index is the most detailed and user-friendly of any major medical textbook: in an emergency, the reader can access information quickly - whether on the ward, in office or at home.
Like its predecessors, OTM4 will be
the trusted and ultimate reference in libraries, hospitals, doctors' consulting rooms, solicitors' offices, press offices, and primary care practices worldwide.
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Readership: 1. Physicians and other medical practitioners worldwide
2. Clinical medical students; physicians-in-training
3. Journalists, legal practitioners, etc. etc.
| Contents |
1. On being a patient
2. Modern medicine: foundations, achievements, and limitations
3. Global patterns of disease and medical practice
4. Molecular mechanisms of disease
5. Immunological mechanisms
6. Principles of clinical oncology
7. Infection
8. Chemical and physical injuries and environmental factors and disease
9. Principles of clinical pharmacology and drug therapy
10. Nutrition
11. Metabolic disorders
12. Endocrine disorders
13. Medical disorders in pregnancy
14. Gastroenterology
15. Cardiovascular medicine
16. Critical care medicine
17. Respiratory medicine
18. Rheumatology
19. Diseases of the skeleton
20. Nephrology
21. Sexually-transmitted diseases and sexual health
22. Disorders of the blood
23. Diseases of the skin
24. Neurology
25. The eye
26. Psychiatry and drug-related problems
27. Forensic medicine and the practising doctor
28. Sports and exercise
29. Adolescent medicine
30. Geratology
31. Palliative care
32. Reference intervals for biochemical data
33. Practical management of common emergencies
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by David A. Warrell, Professor of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases; Founding Director (Emeritus), Centre for Tropical Medicine, Oxford University,
Timothy M. Cox, Professor of Medicine, Cambridge University; Honorary Consultant Physician, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and
John D. Firth, Consultant Physician and Nephrologist, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
with Edward J. Benz, Smith Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Foreword by David Weatherall
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