DAVIDSONS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE of Medicine

Davidsons Principles and Practice of Medicine won an award at the Royal Society of Medicine 2007 Medical Book Awards.

Described 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."

Davidson's is chiropractor Dr Norman Marzalek's choice for the most useful medical text on his shelf.

This internationally famous and best-selling textbook of general medicine is renowned for providing a rational and easily understood basis for the practice of clinical medicine.

Medical texts of yesterday were often unpalatable and user unfriendly, but Davidson's is refreshingly lavish with a colorfully decorated visual text. Extensive tables, crib boxes, MRI and x-ray accompany each chapter. The book's clear organization and color-coded chapters make it simple to find just the information you need, when you need it.

Contents

Part 1 - Principles of medicine

1. Good medical practice

2. Good prescribing

3. Molecular mechanisms of disease

4. Immunological factors in disease

5. Environmental and nutritional factors in disease

6. Principles of infectious disease

7. Ageing and disease

Part 2 - Practice of medicine

1. Critical care and emergency medicine

2. Poisoning

3. Medical psychiatry

4. Oncology

5. Palliative care and pain management

6. Infectious diseases

7. Human immunodeficiency virus infection and the human acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

8. Sexually transmitted infections

9. Clinical biochemistry and metabolism

10. Kidney and urinary tract disease

11. Cardiovascular disease

12. Respiratory disease

13. Endocrine disease

14. Diabetes mellitus

15. Alimentary tract and pancreatic disease

16. Liver and biliary tract disease

17. Blood disorders

18. Musculoskeletal disorders

19. Neurological disease

20. Skin disease

The book has an excellent Appendix.