"The AIDS epidemic has posed more urgent historical questions than any other disease of modern times. How have societies responded to epidemics in the past? Why did the disease emerge when and where it did? How has it spread among members of particular groups? And how will the p…
Radiology plays an invaluable role in the initial diagnosis and subsequent management of patients and this fully revised and updated new edition of Lecture Notes: Radiology presents the essential core knowledge needed by medical students, junior doctors on the Foundation Program…
The successful 100 Cases in Clinical Medicine provides a novel learning and revision tool that works by guiding the student through clinical cases, imitating those that students and junior doctors are likely to meet in accident and emergency and outpatient departments, and in ge…
This is an archive-based study examining how the four Allies - Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union - prepared for and conducted their occupation of Germany after its defeat in 1945. It uses the case of public health to shed light on the complexities of the im…
The Structured Oral Examination can be the hardest component of the Primary FRCA examination to prepare for, but help is at hand. This book has been specifically designed to give realistic practice questions and to show you how to phrase and develop your answers. The questions i…
Featuring 150 cases and over 400 high-quality images, this resource offers a complete survey of the field of pediatric radiology. Cases are formatted as questions and answers, allowing for self-assessment, complete with relevant radiologic findings, differential diagnoses, teach…
Until the early 1960s, cancer treatment consisted primarily of surgery and radiation therapy. Most practitioners then viewed the treatment of terminally ill cancer patients with heroic courses of chemotherapy as highly questionable. The randomized clinical trials that today sust…
PART I: THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP. 1. George J. Annas: Legal Risks and Responsibilities of Physicians in the. 2. Norman Daniels: Duty to Treat or Right to Refuse? 3. Doran Smolkin: HIV Infection, Risk Taking, and the Duty to Treat. 4. Gary B. Melton: Ethical and leg…
Cases & Concepts Step 1: Basic Science Review helps medical students prepare for USMLE Step 1 by studying basic science topics combined with clinical data, learning both the "why" of a principle and how it is seen in practice. Working through 116 clinical cases in microbiology, …