Dermatology: An Illustrated Colour Text - Couverture souple

Gawkrodger, David

 
9780443043017: Dermatology: An Illustrated Colour Text

Synopsis

This text is aimed at medical students but contains sufficient detail to be of use to family practitioners, physicians in internal medicine, registrars or residents in dermatology, and dermatological nurses. It presents a scientific basis for the understanding of and clinical approach to skin disease and details the major dermatological conditions, outlining special topics, such as photoaging and dermatological surgery. It is designed to present all the information required for undergraduate medical exams in a format which is easy to learn from and interesting to use. The text and illustrations are integrated and a double page spread per topic layout is adopted, integrating text with photographs and line drawings in colour. It also uses diagrams, charts and summary boxes. The book includes coverage of terminology, history-taking and psychological aspects to give clinical relevance to the text. It also deals with areas of increasing importance such as sun exposure and special problems in racially pigmented skin as well as dermatology of genito-urinary problems.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This concise textbook of dermatology is aimed at medical students, those preparing for the MRCP and MRCGP examinations and specialist nurses. The information is presented in a highly accessible format, using double page spreads for each topic. Extensive use of colour for both clinical photographs and graphics makes for a superb appearance. For review for examination preparation key point boxes are provided. In this fourth edition extensive revision has been made to the contents to reflect changes in the understanding of dermatological conditions at a molecular level and the changes in clinical practice. In addition the use of the internet for dermatological information by both doctors and patients is reviewed.

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