DAVIDSON,S PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

DAVIDSON,S PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF 

MEDICINE

22ND EDITION

 

THE FIRST SECTION OF THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE BASES ON WHICH THE MEDICINE IS PRACTISED AND THE FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS DETERMINING HEALTH AND DISEASE WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO ALL MEDICAL SPECIALTIES.
THE SECOND SECTION OF THIS BOOK IS DEVOTED TO INDIVIDUAL MEDICAL SPECIALTIES.
EACH CHAPTER HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY EXPERTS IN THE FIELD TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL EXPECTED OF TRAINEES IN THEIR DISCIPLINE.
TO MAINTAIN THE BOOKS VIRTUE BEING CONCISE , CARE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DUPLICATION BETWEEN CHAPTERS. FROM THE BEGINNING DAVIDSON,S HAS SOUGHT TO EXPLAIN THE BASES FOR MEDICAL PRACTICE. THE INTEGRATION OF PRECLINICAL SCIENCE WITH CLINICAL PRACTICE IS NOW A FEATURE OF MANY UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL CURRICULA , AND MANY STUDENTS USE DAVIDSON,S FROM THE OUT SIDE OF THEIR MEDICAL COURSE. IN RECOGNITION OF THIS, THE FIRST PART OF THE BOOK , PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE HIGHLIGHTS THE MECHANISMS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE ALONG WITH THE PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES UNDERLING MEDICAL PRACTICE. MANY EXAMPLES OF CLINICAL PROBLEMS ARE INCLUDED TO BRING THE MEDICAL SCIENCES TO LIFE FOR THE NEW STUDENTS AND TI REJUVENATE THE INTRUST OF THE EXPERIENCED CLINICIAN. 
THE SECOND PART OF THE BOOK , PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, COVERS THE MAJOR MEDICAL SPECIALTIES . EVERY CHAPTER HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY REVISED FOR THIS EDITION TO ENSURE THAT IT REFLECT THE CUTTING EDGE OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE AND IS PATCHED AT A LEVEL OF DETAIL TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CANDIDATES PREPARING FOR EXAMINATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OR ITS EQUIVALENTS . IN RECOGNITION OF THE EMERGING SPECIALTY OF STROKE MEDICINE, THIS TOPIC IS NEW COVERED IN SEPARATE CHAPTER FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE.