Description

The ninth edition of this best-selling textbook of clinical medicine
builds even further on its formidable, prize-winning formula of
excellence, comprehensiveness and accessibility.

‘This book is stunning in its breadth and ease-of-use. It still
remains the “gold standard”, thorough guide to clinical medicine its
forefathers were.’ BMA Medical Book Awards judges.

New to this edition:

2 new chapters: Global Health and Women’s Health.

25 new authors.

New online editor, Adam Feather, with a team of young doctors to
augment the e-book which accompanies the print book with clinical tips,
key learning points, drug tips, learning challenges, case studies and
MCQs. 

Full text redesign to incorporate:
New system overview diagrams for clinical chapters.

New coloured headings to help identify content relating to disease, management, investigations etc.

New icons to aid text navigation.

11 new members and a new co-editor, Senaka Rajapakse, of the International Advisory Board.

Edited by Kumar and Clark, clinicians and educators of world-renowned expertise.

Authors comprise consultants at the top of their fields, paired with
younger doctors closer to the exam experience, to ensure authority and
relevance.

Enhanced e-book accompanies the print book, for ease of transportation and use on the move.

International Advisory Board, led by Professor Janaka de Silva and
Professor Senaka Rajapakse, providing guidance for global coverage from
across the world.

Contributions to the e-book by members of the International Advisory
Board to amplify areas of clinical importance in their parts of the
world

2 new chapters

Women’s health 

Global health
25 new young consultant authors teamed with
clinicians at the top of their career, to ensure the text is accessible
for students and trainees.

A new role of online Editor. Adam Feather and his team of young
doctors, have created (in the e-book) a host of embedded features
including: chapter summaries, key-point boxes, self-assessment, top
tips, extra content (videos and images) and more… They have focused on
enabling more inexperienced learners to interpret the detail, navigate
the content effectively and get the most from the text.

New co-editor for the International Advisory Board, Professor Senaka Rajapakse from the University of Colombo.

11 new members of the International Advisory Board.

9 new online international articles, including:

Ebola

Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

Visceral Leishmaniasis
New features

Full text re-design

New diagrammatic anatomy and physiology overviews at the beginning of clinical systems chapters 

Coloured headings to help distinguish sciences, procedures, etc. 

New icons to aid text navigation 

Divided into three sections for greater ease of navigation: 

Good Medical Practice 

Clinical Sciences 

Clinical Practice
Bigger chapters unbundled into smaller chapters for ease of access.

Clinical Pharmacy now separate from Poisoning 

STIs and HIV now separate from Infectious Disease 

Biliary Tract and Pancreatic Disease now separate from Liver 

Rheumatic Disease now separate from Bone Disease 

Lipid and Metabolic Disease now separate from Diabetes Mellitus