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).

=Key Features

*pocket-sized clinical medicine text

*succinct, readable style

*includes numerous clear line drawings

*medical emergency boxes (listed at the beginning of the book)

*practical procedures chapter

*exam questions and answers

*normal values

*abbreviations

*full colour throughout

*available in PDA (handheld) version

*new chapters on Special Senses (eyes and ENT) and Therapeutics (drugs)

*Expanded Ethics and Communication chapter

=New to this Edition

*Derived from the latest sixth edition of Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine

*New chapter on the special senses (ENT and Eyes)

*PDA version available separately as a special pack sold with the printed version

*All chapters made more uniform in the treatment of symptoms, signs, investigations and diseases

*Ethics and communication chapter will be expanded to include record keeping, assisted suicide and other important issues

*A new chapter/section will be added on Therapeutics to cover:

*The practical use of drugs, including introductory notes on how to prescribe, writing a prescription, opiates management and other issues

*A table of the most commonly used drugs, with information on dose and route; monitoring, interaction, contraindications

*Palliative care, with specific information on drugs and other therapies used to control symmptons associated with pain control (e. g. intractable nausea)

*Exam questions re-written in new style (best of five; 'n' from many; OSCEs/case-history based questions)