Publisher's Synopsis
The go-to textbook for medical students
Designed to be as easy to understand as it is comprehensive, Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine is the definitive guide for medical students and doctors in training.
Revised and updated to reflect the structure of modern medical care, an all-new Acute Medicine chapter focuses on the initial, problem-based assessment of the unwell patient. Chapters on Medical Specialties explore the diagnosis and management of patients with chronic disease across the spectrum of systems-based disorders. Sections on The Practice of Medicine, Medicine and the world and Medicine Throughout Life explore medicine in its wider context, addressing the health needs of the population as well as specific patient groups.
This book has been the must-have text for medical students and doctors in training for over 35 years. The 11th edition has been fully updated and restructured to suit the needs of a contemporary audience.
- A unified chapter format makes the book easy to read and navigate
- Comprehensive content includes clinical skills, basic medical sciences, and individual conditions
- Succinct notes on clinical emergencies, differential diagnosis, and practical procedures
- Fully revised and updated throughout
- Increased representation of diverse populations including dermatological disease in different skin tones
- New chapters include:
- Acute Medicine
- Radiology
- Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
- Stroke Medicine
- General Hospital Psychiatry
- Obesity
- Young Adult Medicine
- Sex and Gender in Medicine
- Ideal reference for those preparing for the MLA and other clinical exams - MLA-required conditions highlighted in the Index to aid efficient navigation
- Additional online videos and self-assessment questions to test knowledge retention and supplement learning
- An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customise your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
- New chapters include:
- acute medicine
- diagnostic and interventional radiology
- perioperative medicine and anaesthesia
- stroke medicine
- liaison psychiatry
- obesity medicine
- young adult medicine
- sex and gender in medicine
- Representation of diverse populations including dermatological disease in different skin tones
- Two new editors
