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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.
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 format. ...
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.
More than two million medical students, doctors and other health professionals from around the globe have owned a copy of Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine since it was first published. Today’s readers rely on this beautifully illustrated text to provide up-to-date detail of contemporary medical practice, presented in a style that is concise and yet easy to read. Davidson’s provides the factual knowledge required to practise medicine, explaining it in the context of underlying principles, basic science and research evidence, and shows how to apply this knowledge to the management of patients who present with problems rather than specific diseases. The book has won numerous...
For over half a century Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine has informed and educated students, doctors and other health professionals all over the world, providing a comprehensive account of the practice of medicine. Davidson's Essentials of Medicine provides the core content of the main textbook in a condensed format which will be invaluable whenever you are on the move - whether commuting, travelling between training sites, or on electives. This book provides a distillation of the core information required for clinical studies in medicine. While retaining the acclaimed readability of the main textbook it presents the key information in a format more appropriate for practical cl...
The purpose of this treatise is: 1) to draw attention to the presence of situations arising within medical practice in which religious beliefs play an important role. 2) to emphasize the fact that most students and many doctors are given insufficient training in such matters, which are of considerable import to a fair percentage of the public. 3) to provide a few examples of what is meant by a religio-medical situation, and a bibliography for further exploration by the initiate in such matters. The stimulus to think along these lines stemmed from the examples set me by my erstwhile 'chiefs', Sir James Patterson-Ross, Professor Sir E. F. Scowen and Sir Stanley Davidson. Further encouragement ...