Book Description:
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. A pocketbook of clinical medicine based on Kumar and Clark's CLINICAL MEDICINE (and cross referenced to it by page number). In addition to being a portable version of Kumar and Clark, this book offers added extras: e.g. exam questions, practical procedures, dictionary of terms, abbreviations, normal values and emergency boxes. The fourth edition will also be available in a PDA (handheld) version, either for purchase alone (as a CD ROM; (ISBN 0702028320)) or in a pack along with the book (ISBN 0702028339).<br><br><ul><li>pocket sized clinical medicine text</li><li>succinct, readable style</li><li>includes numerous clear line drawings</li><li>medical emergency boxes (listed at the beginning of the book)</li><li>practical procedures chapter</li><li>exam questions and answers</li><li>normal values</li><li>abbreviations</li><li>full colour throughout</li><li>available in PDA (handheld) version</li><li>new chapters on Special Senses (eyes and ENT) and Therapeutics (drugs)</li><li>Expanded Ethics and Communication chapter</li></ul><br><br><ul><li>Derived from the latest sixth edition of Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine</li><li>New chapter on the special senses (ENT and Eyes)</li><li>PDA version available separately as a special pack sold with the printed version</li><li>All chapters made more uniform in the treatment of symptoms, signs, investigations and diseases</li><li>Ethics and communication chapter will be expanded to include record keeping, assisted suicide and other important issues</li><li>A new chapter/section will be added on Therapeutics to cover: </li><li>The practical use of drugs, including introductory notes on how to prescribe, writing a prescription, opiates management and other issues</li><li>A table of the most commonly used drugs, with information on dose and route; monitoring, interaction, contraindications</li><li>Palliative care, with specific information on drugs and other therapies used to control symmptons associated with pain control (e.g. intractable nausea)</li><li>Exam questions re written in new style (best of five; 'n' from many; OSCEs/case history based questions)</li></ul>
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