Title: | Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine. |
Author Name: | Edited by Adam Feather, David Randall MA, and Mona Waterhouse MA. |
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Edition/Published: | 10th ed. _London : Elsevier , 2021 |
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Physical Description: : <p>xiii, 3972 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm</p>.; |
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Includes Index: | P. 1497-1544 |
ISBN No's: | 978-0-7020-7869-9 , |
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Subject: | Internal Medicine |
Dewey Class No: | 616.025 |
LC Classification: | RC46 .A258 2021 |
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Book ID No: | 2616 , 2617 |
Total Books: | 2 |
Date of collection's: | 30-Dec-2021 , 30-Dec-2021 |
Language: | English |
Status: | Available |
Department: | Medicine |
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"Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine" 10th edition is a comprehensive textbook of internal medicine that covers a wide range of medical conditions. The book is divided into several sections, each covering a different system or region of the body. The first section covers clinical methods and practice, including history-taking, physical examination, and clinical procedures. The subsequent sections cover the cardiovascular system, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology and nutrition, renal medicine, hematology, infectious diseases, rheumatology and bone disease, endocrinology, and neurology. |
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Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine is a medical textbook that has been updated and revised under a new team of editors in its 10th edition. The new edition features new chapters covering various topics, including diagnosis, elderly medicine, frailty and multimorbidity, public health, surgery, evidence-based medicine, sepsis and the treatment of bacterial infection, hematological oncology, venous thromboembolic disease, hypertension, and more . The book is edited by Adam Feather, MBBS, FRCP, FAcadMEd; David Randall, MA, MRCP; and Mona Waterhouse, MA, MRCP, and the contributors comprise consultants at the top of their fields, paired with younger doctors closer to the exam experience, to ensure authority and relevance. The book also comes with an enhanced e-book that accompanies the print book, for ease of transportation and use on the move. |
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‘There must be a good reason to write a new textbook of medicine when there is already a good number on the market.’ So began the preface to the First Edition of Clinical Medicine, published 33 years ago this year. Edited by Professor Dame Parveen Kumar and Dr Michael Clark, ‘Kumar and Clark’ has become synonymous not just with a medical textbook, but with the combination of excellence and accessibility they sought to provide. Their desire to empower clinical students and doctors has been the driving ambition behind the book ever since – ‘to strike a balance between exciting new developments in medical research and the vast quantity of established fact that needs to be absorbed… so that the management of the disease can be based on sound physiological concepts’. The book they produced has become an international medical best-seller and has played a crucial part in the education of a generation of doctors – among them a new team of editors, humbled to be standing on the shoulders of these medical giants. Taking over is an honor and a great responsibility, and we are grateful for the legacy they have left, as well as for their continued support and input as we have brought this current edition to production. Clinical Medicine has always attempted to bridge the gap between basic introductory texts and larger reference works: to be as comprehensible as it is comprehensive. The pace at which medical science continues to develop is astounding. The present generation of junior doctors and undergraduates must provide high-quality, patient-centered care in the context of a burgeoning body of medical research, patients presenting with multimorbidity and resulting polypharmacy, continuing inequalities in society and across the world, and a medical culture that expects doctors to work within teams, bridging traditional specialty and professional divides. For this reason, we have introduced into this edition a number of new chapters to equip readers to address these new challenges: Evidence-based practice (Ch. 4), Surgery (Ch. 11), Public health (Ch. 14), Geriatric medicine, frailty and multimorbidity (Ch. 15), Haematological oncology (Ch. 17) and Men’s health (Ch. 40). In some cases, we have divided up larger chapters to highlight conditions that straddle traditional subspecialty boundaries but require a joined-up approach: Sepsis and the treatment of bacterial infection, (Ch. 8), Venous thromboembolic disease (Ch. 29), Hypertension (Ch. 31) and Obstetric medicine (Ch. 38). We have included new clinical skills content at the beginning of most of the chapters to try to fulfill the historic aims of this book: bringing the clinical sciences to bear on the problems experienced by patients in day-to-day medical practice. We hope readers will learn not just to take generic histories and perform routine physical examinations, but to tailor their approach according to the presentation of the individual patient in front of them. We offer our own take on the clinical method and the importance of building a therapeutic relationship with patients in a new first chapter, describing what we believe remains key to the art of medicine: diagnosis (Ch. 1). Online, readers will find a range of additional resources, including self-assessment questions, bite-sized overview topic pages covering major conditions, clinical skills videos, and expanded coverage of subjects with particular international or regional relevance. We hope you will find this edition helpful in your efforts to learn and practice medicine. Any suggestions you may wish to make are warmly welcomed and will help us to ensure that this book continues to meet the needs of its readers.
Adam Feather, David Randall and Mona Waterhouse 2020 |
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1 Diagnosis: the art of being a Doctor-1 2 Human genetics-13 3 Immunity-41 4 Evidence-based practice-69 5 Ethical practice and clinical communication-81 6 Malignant disease-95 7 Palliative care and symptom control-137 8 Sepsis and the treatment of bacterial infection-151 9 Water balance, fluids, and electrolytes-169 10 Critical care medicine-203 11 Surgery-239 12 Prescribing, therapeutics, and toxicology-251 13 Global Health-277 14 Public health-285 15 Geriatric medicine, frailty, and multimorbidity-297 16 Haematology-319 17 Haematological Oncology-379 18 Rheumatology-411 19 Bone disease-471 20 Infectious disease-487 21 Endocrinology-583 22 Dermatology-651 23 Diabetes mellitus-699 24 Lipid and metabolic disorders-743 25 Liaison psychiatry-763 26 Neurology-801 27 Ear, nose and throat, and eye disease-899 28 Respiratory disease-927 29 Venous thromboembolic disease-1001 30 Cardiology-1019 31 Hypertension-1133 32 Gastroenterology-1147 33 Nutrition-1225 34 Liver disease-1261 35 Biliary tract and pancreatic disease-1313 36 Kidney and urinary tract disease-1339 37 Sexually transmitted infections and HIV-1409 38 Obstetric medicine-1451 39 Women's health1463 40 Men's health-1477 41 Environmental medicine1487 Index-1497 |