This edition provides an accessible overview of key surgical principles, techniques and procedures. Fully revised to include a wide range of new topics and presentations, it covers core anatomy and physiology and new information on emergencies with an increased focus on evidence-based practice.

Covering each of the core medical specialties, this is a reference guide to each of the specialties you will encounter through your medical school training and clinical rotations.

Helping the reader to understand or interpret what he or she finds when taking a history and examining the patient, this text can help the junior or less experienced doctor to interpret clinical information and reach a diagnosis based on the presentation of symptoms and signs.

"I swear by Apollo the physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfil according to my ability and judgement this oath and this covenant. To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to live my life in partnership with him, and if he is in need of money to give him a share of mine, and to regard his offspring as equal to my own brethren and to teach them...

Providing essential information needed in clinical practice for the diagnosis and management of patients with blood disorders, this handbook covers haematological investigations and their interpretation, and commonly used protocols.

The 'Oxford Handbook of Clinical Rehabilitation' is a comprehensive text that not only summarises the management of common symptoms and disorders but also outlines the increasing evidence base for the efficacy of these techniques.

This handbook provides clear guidance on all aspects of history taking, physical examination, communication, practical procedures and interpretation of medical data. In line with current teaching methods, the book takes a systems-based approach to medicine and is an ideal revision guide and primer for junior doctors.