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It is 46 years since the 1st publication of Sir Stanley Davidson's textbook, Principles and Practice of Medicine. Since that time, the book has gone through many changes, establishing an international reputation for innovation and clarity.
'Davidson's Essentials of Medicine' presents the content of 'Davidson's Principles & Practice of Medicine' textbook in an accessible and portable format. It allows the reader to study the key information in a format that complements the core text.
More than two million medical students, doctors and other health professionals around the globe have owned a copy of Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine since it was first published. Now in its 23rd Edition, 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. Taking its origins from Sir Stanley Davidson’s much-admired lecture notes, Davidson’s has endured because it keeps pace with how modern medicine is taught and provides a wealth of information in an easy-to-read, concise and beautifully illustrated fo...
Since it was first published this comprehensive text has met the requirements of several generations of medical students preparing for their examinations, while serving as a valuable reference for doctors in training. Includes a revised chapter Principles of Medical Psychiatry concentrating on the important aspects of major psychiatric illness as it relates to medical practice and a new chapter on the Principles of Critical Care Medicine brings together the major conditions that are handled in the ITU. The major manifestations of disease are color-coded throughout and indexed through a contents list on the inside cover.
Abstract: A comprehensive textbook and reference text for college nutrition majors, dietitians, and health care professionals provides a detailed introductory account of the role of nutrition and dietetics in promoting health and in preventing and treating diseases. The 64 text chapters are grouped among 6 principal themes: physiological aspects of nutrition and the effects of nutrients on physiological action; food composition, the effects of processing, contaminants, and consumer protection; primary nutritional disease; dietary factors in non-nutritional diseases; public health and nutritional disorders and their prevention; and the role of diet on physiological status for different risk and age groups, and for different environmental situations (exercise; climate). Reference data on food terms, special diets, nutritional feedings and weights and measures are appended. Numerous illustrations and data are given throughout the text.