Color Atlas And Text Of Clinical Medicine. Third Edition - Couverture souple

Forbes, Charles-D; Jackson, William-F

 
9780723431947: Color Atlas And Text Of Clinical Medicine. Third Edition

Synopsis

Color Atlas & Text of Clinical Medicine 3rd edition maintains the tradition of previous editions by incorporating an unrivalled number of color photographs to show key presenting signs and symptoms as they are seen in practice. From touer to touer you will find over 1,500 illustrations comprising Clinical photographs, endoscopic images, ultrasound scans, ECGs and summary tables. In addition to the illustrations, the book provides detailed figure legends and concise accompanying text that serve as a uniquely accessible overview of Clinical medicine. The entire content in the third edition has been revised and updated. In particular, the chapter on infections pays attention to possible implications for bioterrorism. There is a completely new section on anaphylaxis and radically revised coverage of HIV infection, prion diseases (including vCJD), chronic obtrusive pulmonary disease (COPD), prostatic disease, thrombophilia, migraine and epilepsy. Use ColorAtlas & Text of Clinical Medicine 3rd edition as a uniquely accessible, stand-clone text in its own right or as a concise, colorful complement to more detailed textbooks of medicine. Either way you will benefit from the unrivalled collection of Clinical images that highlight signs and symptoms you will be tested on in examinations and see in clinical practice.

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À propos de l?auteur

Professor Charles Forbes is the Professor of Medicine of the University of Dundee and also holds an honorary Clinical Consultant post in Tayside University Hospitals Trust. In addition, he has held a Visiting Professorship of Bioengineering of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Most of his life his clinical and research interests have been in the mechanisms of blood coagulation; platelet function; fibrinolysis; blood rheology and flow and the application of this knowledge to clinical problems of arterial and venous thromboembolism.

He is the author of over 500 research papers on the above subjects and has edited over 20 books mostly dealing with these topics. He has also written a best-selling undergraduate text on General Medicine with Dr William Jackson. His recent research has mainly concerned thedifferent types of interventions in thrombosis and also its prevention. He has been elected a founder Fellow of the Academy of Medical Science and is a Fellow of the Royal Society (Edinburgh) and also a Fellow of the Royal Societyof Arts.

He remains a committed physician in management of General Medicine patients and also in Vascular Medicine. His main managerial role (outside the University) is in the committee structure of the Royal Colleges of Physicians. He is also current Chairman of Chest, Heart and Stroke (Scotland).


William (Bill) Jackson is a medical writer, editor and publisher. He qualified in Medicine at the University of Cambridge and Guy's Hospital Medical School in 1971. Bill worked as a full-time hospitaldoctor and Lecturer in Medicine for 5 years, during which he developed a special interest in renal medicine and hypertension. His interest in medical education led him to become the editor, successively, of Update and Hospital Update, Medicine and Medicine International, British Medical Television and manyassociated journals, books and television programmes aimed at doctors, medical students and the professions allied to medicine. Bill also expanded his part-time clinical interests to include allergy and respiratory medicine, and was appointed Honorary Consultant in Medicine at Guy's Hospital in 1985. Over the past 15 years, Bill has written widely on many areas of medicine. Bill lives and works near Oxford, England.

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