The Oxford Textbooks have found their way onto the shelves of clinics, libraries, and hospital departments the world over. They have earned praise for their careful integration of basic science and the best of clinical practice, their international focus, and not least their exhaustive coverage. Spring 2000 saw an exciting new development - the publication of our new, eagerly-awaited one-volume textbook of medicine based on the Oxford Textbook of Medicine. The Concise Oxford Textbookof Medicine retains all the authority of its parent text, while providing more concise and accessible information on how to manage every condition that a physician is likely to have to diagnose and treat. Starting with the content of the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, two of the original editors have selected the most essential and practical content, and reorganized and restructured it for ease of use. The authors of the original Oxford Textbook of Medicine articles have updated and rewritten their work to make it more practically focused, and many new chapters have been commissioned, while up-to-date references and many new illustrations have been added throughout. Every chapter of the Concise Oxford Textbook of Medicine has been painstakingly edited by Professors Ledingham and Warrell - two of the editors of the Oxford Textbook of Medicine - to eliminate repetition and achieve complete consistency and clarity. No other one-volume textbook of medicine is as international, readable, or accessible, and none has the balance and perspective of the Concise Oxford Textbook of Medicine.

The Oxford Textbook of Medicine provides all that any doctor needs to know to practice top-level internal medicine. It gives compreensive coverage of the epidemiology, aetiology, and mechanism of disease, as well as clear, unambiguous coverage of the diagnosis, practical management and prevention of the entire spectrum of medical disorders. There are major introductory sections on the scientific basis of disease; and in the system-based clinical sections genetic predisposition, pathophysiology, pathogenesis, molecular mechanisms, and cell biology are covered in depth for all significant medical syndromes. Clinical descriptions of diseases are clearly and memorably written, based on the experience and insight of the authors--many of whom are among the world's most distinguished medical scientists. Chapters are not only "evidence based" but also on clinical experience and a thorough survey of all the relevant literature. Throughout, the approach of OTM is humane and ethical and, at the same time, factual, reliable, honest(especially where knowledge is limited) and rigorously scientific. This is not just a textbook of "First World" medicine. It provides practical guidance for doctors working in a variety of medical setting the value of a logical clinical approach rather than immediate resort to expensive imaging and laboratory tests. Moore of the contributing authors than ever before are from outside Europe, including strong representation of North American medicine. The new editorial team has ensured that the OTM continues to reflect rapid changes in medical practice: there are new sections on intensive care, alcohol and drug abuse, clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, world health, clinical trials and evidence-based medicine, adolescent medicine, sports medicine, and emergency medicine; more than half the contributors are new for this edition; and most of the text has been heavily revised. The striking new page and cover design reflect the significant changes made in this new edition. The Textbook is illustrated by over 2000 two-color diagrams and many color Plates. The index is the most detailed and user-friendly of any major medical textbook: in an emergency, the reader can access information quickly- whether on the ward, in office or at home. Like its predecessors, OTM4 will be the trusted and ultimate reference in libraries, hospitals, doctors' consulting rooms, solicitors' offices, press offices, and primary care practices worldwide.

Preceded by: Oxford handbook of clinical specialties. 8th ed. / Judith Collier ... [et al.]. 2009.

Now in Fourth Edition, this concise internal medicine textbook is developed for third and fourth year medical students in clinical rotations. Driven by CDIM guidelines, its content embodies an introductory and practical approach to evaluation, diagnosis and management of patients. Organized into 15 body system sections, related diseases are presented in the text, followed by a template design which summarizes Definition and Etiology, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, Management, and Complications and Prognosis. Contains USMLE-style questions and answers at the end of every section, plus includes a CD-ROM featuring 300 USMLE-style review questions and answers, with 50 clinical vignettes/case studies.

HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE 1999 BMA AWARDS. Available in paperback for the first time, the second edition of this well-referenced and unique textbook of sports science and medicine. The book covers the principles of sports physiology and internal medicine as it relates to athletes and theirperformance, orthopaedics and injuries to the soft tissues, and the physiological basis of training and fitness maintenance. With a distinguished and authoritative panel of authors, the multidisciplinary, international approach has a practical emphasis on the treatment of sports injuries.The second edition of this popular textbook has been fully up-dated and restructured for increased ease-of-use and will include new sections on: Body composition (both how to measure it and how to apply the information; Mechanical tests (how to do them and what they show); Immunological aspects ofsport; Overtraining.From reviews of 2nd edition: 'All in all, this is an excellent book. Its strengths lie in the very scientific presentation on exercise physiology, followed by detailed and practical discussions of virtually all acute sports injuries. I believe this is a textbook that should be in the library ofall sports medicine departments in Canadian universities...' Canadian Medical Association. 'A comprehensive and high quality textbook which I feel can justifiably call itself the main reference text in sports medicine now...' Rheumatology in Europe. From reviews of 1st edition: 'This OxfordTextbook is an authoritative and major volume; a landmark in sports medicine, and indeed its gold standard. It is a magnificent text with a wealth of household names among the authors, and an extremely high standard of writing. The four editors and Oxford University Press are to be congratulated.'Journal of Sports Medicine. 'all-star cast of contributors' Official Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. 'This comprehensive textbook will be a useful resource for any medical practitioner interested in the treatment of patients who participate in amateur or professional sports.The is an excellent reference for specialists, specialists in training , and general practioners.' Annals RCPSC. 'The Oxford Textbook of Sports Medicine is a multi-authored multi-editor volume that embraces many aspects of sports medicine, concentrating mainly on sports injuries, with a definiteNorth American and British flavour. The book is an excellent overview of the advances that have occured in the past half century or so, giving the reader sound grounding in the basic science knowledge necessary to back up clinical practice. The great advantage of the Oxford Textbook of SportsMedicine is that the various topics are all together, and can be used as a useful initial landmark for further more specialised reading.' BMJ