Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF MEDICINE -- 1.Clinical decision-making / AL Cracknell -- 2.Clinical therapeutics and good prescribing / SRJ Maxwell -- 3.Clinical genetics / DR FitzPatrick -- 4.Clinical immunology / SL Johnston -- 5.Population health and epidemiology / DA McAllister -- 6.Principles of infectious disease / DH Dockrell -- pt. 2 EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE -- 7.Poisoning / SHL Thomas -- 8.Envenomation / J White -- 9.Environmental medicine / M Byers -- 10.Acute medicine and critical illness / MJ MacMahon -- pt. 3 CLINICAL MEDICINE -- 11.Infectious disease / BJ Angus -- 12.HIV infection and AIDS / G Maartens -- 13.Sexually transmitted infections / GR Scott -- 14.Clinical biochemistry and metabolic medicine / P Stewart -- 15.Nephrology and urology / GD Stewart -- 16.Cardiology / NR Grubb -- 17.Respiratory medicine / JA Innes -- 18.Endocrinology / JDC Newell-Price -- 19.Nutritional factors in disease / JPH Wilding

Note continued: 20.Diabetes mellitus / RJ McCrimmon -- 21.Gastroenterology / MH McLean -- 22.Hepatology / DEJ Jones -- 23.Haematology and transfusion medicine / LM Manson -- 24.Rheumatology and bone disease / SH Ralston -- 25.Neurology / RJ Davenport -- 26.Stroke medicine / P Langhorne -- 27.Medical ophthalmology / J Olson -- 28.Medical psychiatry / SM Lawrie -- 29.Dermatology / SH Ibbotson -- 30.Maternal medicine / FEM Neuberger -- 31.Adolescent and transition medicine / R Mann -- 32.Ageing and disease / MD Witham -- 33.Oncology / GG Dark -- 34.Pain and palliative care / M Fallon -- 35.Laboratory reference ranges / SJ Jenks.

"This textbook describes the pathophysiology and clinical features of the most frequently encountered conditions in the major specialties of adult medicine and explains how to recognise, investigate, diagnose and manage them. The opening section describes the fundamentals of genetics, immunology, infectious diseases and population health, and discusses the core principles of clinical decision-making and good prescribing. A new second section on emergency and critical care medicine encompasses poisoning, envenomation and environmental medicine, and introduces a new chapter on acute medicine and critical illness. The third section covers the major medical specialties. Two new chapters on maternal and adolescent/transition medicine complement the one on ageing and disease. A new chapter on medical ophthalmology has been included." -- Publisher.