Davidson's principles & practice of medicine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boon, Nicholas A.

Davidson, Stanley, Sir, 1894-1981.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pathology.

Medicine.

Diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Medicine.

Physical Description:

xvi, 1381 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Edition:

Twentieth edition / [editors, Nicholas A. Boon ... [and others] ; illustrated by Robert Britton.

Other Title:

Principles & practice of medicine

Davidson's principles and practice of medicine

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh ; Philadelphia : Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2006.

Summary:

For over half a century Davidson has informed and educated students, doctors and other health professionals all over the world. The 20th edition of this concise yet comprehensive text lives up to its reputation for providing a rational and easily understood basis for the practice of medicine.

Davidson has always linked the pathogenesis of disease with the practice of clinical medicine, serving the needs both of students and of more experienced readers requiring to be brought up to date with rapidly advancing medical sciences. The first section on the 'Principles of Medicine' describes the fundamental mechanisms determining health and disease, while the second, the 'Practice of Medicine', covers practice in the medical specialties to MRCP(UK) level.

The book's global perspective has been enhanced by the input of its International Advisory Board and new authors from outside the UK. There is now a more detailed account of health problems in the developing world. For the benefit of all readers, both SI and non-SI units are now quoted.

Contents:

Good medical practice / N.A. Boon, A.D. Cumming, G. John

Good prescribing / J.K. Aronson

Molecular mechanisms of disease / J.R. Secki, R. Sandford

Immunological factors in disease / S.E. Marshall

Environmental and nutritional factors in disease / P. Hanlon ... [et al.]

Principles of infectious disease / W.T.A. Todd, S. Sundar, D.N.J. Lockwood

Ageing and disease / N.R. Colledge

Critical care and emergency medicine / D.F. Treacher, I.S. Grant

Poisoning / A.L. Jones, L. Karalliedde

Medical psychiatry / M.C. Sharpe, S.G. Potts

Oncology / D.A. Cameron, G.C.W. Howard

Palliative care and pain management / D. Oxenham

Infectious diseases / W.T.A. Todd, D.N.J. Lockwood, S. Sundar

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and the human acquired immunodeficiency syndrome / E.G.L. Wilkins

Sexually transmitted infections / G.R. Scott

Clinical biochemistry and metabolism / M.J. Field ... [et al.]

Kidney and urinary tract disease / J. Goddard ... [et al.]

Cardiovascular disease / P. Bloomfield ... [et al.]

Respiratory disease / J.A. Innes, P.T. Reid

Endocrine disease / M.W.J. Strachan, B.R. Walker

Diabetes mellitus / B.M. Frier, M. Fisher

Alimentary tract and pancreatic disease / K.R. Palmer, I.D. Penman, S. Paterson-Brown

Liver and biliary tract disease / R.W. Chapman, J.D. Collier, P.C. Hayes

Blood disorders / J.I.O. Craig, D.B.L. McClelland, C. A Ludlam

Musculoskeletal disorders / M. Doherty, P. Lanyon, S.H. Ralston

Neurological disease / C.M.C. Allen, C.J. Lueck, M. Dennis

Skin disease / O.M.V. Schofield, J.L. Rees.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0443100578

0443101337

OCLC:

65765046

Publisher Number:

9780443100574 (Main ed.)

9780443101335 (International ed.)