Pocket Essentials Clinical Medicine

A new, full colour edition of the hugely successful pocketbook of clinical medicine based on Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine. In addition to being a portable version of Kumar and Clark, this book offers valuable added extras, such as exam questions, practical procedures, a dictionary of terms, abbreviations and normal values (on inside front and back covers) and a list of emergency boxes. The second edition of Ballinger got a 4 star (top) rating in a recent review in the Student BMJ.NEW - now also available in PDA format (download or CD access) and as a special value PDA/book package - offering the ultimate in portability, speed, and efficiency with multi-platform compatibility.now available in versions suitable for use on a PDA, as well as in book form:version 1 - CD-rom (ISBN: 0702027278) version 2 - Book + CD-rom (pack) (ISBN: 0702027286) version 3 - web version (ISBN: 0702027316) - downloadable from the web - go to www.fleshandbones.com or www.elsevierhealth.com for further informationpocket-sized clinical medicine text - ideal for carrying around and reading when 'on the job'linked to larger Kumar and Clark: Clinical Medicine text - page numbers referring to K&C are clearly differentiated in text to make for easy referenceincludes numerous clear line drawingsother features: medical emergency boxes (listed at the beginning of the book); practical procedures chapter; exam questions and answers; normal values; abbreviationsNow available in versions suitable for use on a PDA.Full colour throughout and colour-coded: colours of chapters will match the colours used in K&C 5eImproved internal design - making use of the range of colours to provide 'tabs' on the sides of the pages to allow for easier navigationNew chapter on ethics and communicationMore use made of inside front and back covers for : normal values; emergency boxes list