| Description |
xxii, 1274 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Principles of Medical Practice -- 1. Infection and immune failure -- 2. Drug therapy -- 3. Poisoning -- 4. Critical care -- 5. Oncology -- 6. Palliative care and pain management -- 7. Frail older people -- 8. Medical psychiatry -- 9. Water, electrolyte and acid-base imbalance -- 10. Nutritional, metabolic and environmental disease -- 11. Clinical genetics -- Pt. 2. System-Based Diseases -- 12. Cardiovascular disease -- 13. Respiratory disease -- 14. Kidney and genitourinary disease -- 15. Diabetes mellitus -- 16. Endocrine disease -- 17. Alimentary tract and pancreatice disease -- 18. Liver and bilary tract disease -- 19. Blood disorders -- 20. Musculoskeletal disorders -- 21. Skin disease -- 22. Neurological disease -- 23. Appendix |
| Summary |
There are two sections to this book. The first section, "'Principles of medical practice', covers aspects of clinical practice, such as infection, drug therapy, critical care and pain relief, that are relevant to all medical specialties, while the second section, 'System-based diseases', is devoted to individual medical specialties such as cardiology and neurology." - page xiii |
| Notes |
"50th anniversary ed."--Front cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medicine.
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Internal medicine.
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Medicine.
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrations
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| Author |
Haslett, C. (Christopher), Professor.
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Davidson, Stanley, Sir, 1894-1981.
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| LC no. |
2002031430 |
| ISBN |
0443070369 international edition |
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044307111X hardback edition |
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0443070350 |
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