New Release Books by Mark Gurnell

Featuring updated content throughout, this new edition of Clinical Medicine Lecture Notes is a concise guide to both history taking and examination, and to the essentials of clinical medicine on a system-by-system basis. The text is divided into two sections, with part one exploring communication and physical examination techniques, supported by the core knowledge required for assessing and diagnosing diseases in the main systems of the body. The second part of the text covers a range of common diseases, although accounts of rare conditions are also given. The level of information provided will equip junior clinicians with the necessary knowledge required to succeed in any clinical situation. A concise approach that contains all that medical students and junior doctors need to know, covering both the clinical approach and the essential background knowledge Summary and evidence-based medicine boxes to assist revision and learning Includes OSCE exam summaries Fully updated content throughout, with full colour illustrations and photographs Whether you need to develop your knowledge for clinical practice, or refresh that knowledge in the run up to examinations, Clinical Medicine Lecture Notes will help foster a systematic approach to the clinical situation for all medical students and junior doctors.

Clinical Medicine Lecture Notes provides acomprehensive, accessible introduction to the management andtreatment of medical conditions. A short manual of techniques oncommunication and physical examination in Part 1 is supported bythe core knowledge required on diseases specific to each bodysystem in Part 2. Combining readability with high quality illustrations, thisseventh edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect upto date practice in examination and clinical investigation, andadvances in the evidence base supporting modern day clinicalpractice. Numerous figures and tables help distil theinformation for revision purposes, and there are new chapters onthe medical interview and assessment. Whether you need to develop your knowledge for clinicalpractice, or refresh that knowledge in the run up to examinations,Clinical Medicine Lecture Notes will help foster asystematic approach to the clinical situation for all medicalstudents and hospital doctors.