Elsevier Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine

Now in its tenth edition, Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine has been comprehensively updated and revised under a new editorial team. The content has been reworked throughout, with smaller chapters designed to make navigation easier, alongside added introductions and system overviews in most chapters.

This edition introduces a range of new chapters, including Diagnosis: the art of being a doctor, elderly or geriatric medicine with a focus on frailty and multimorbidity, and topics such as public health, surgery and evidence-based medicine. It also adds coverage of sepsis and the treatment of bacterial infection, haematological oncology, venous thromboembolic disease, hypertension, men’s health and obstetric medicine. Enhanced clinical skills material appears across most chapters to support history-taking and examination in specialty-based contexts.

Key details

• Tenth edition
• Edited by Adam Feather, David Randall and Mona Waterhouse
• Revised structure with smaller chapters, plus introductions and system overviews in most chapters
• New chapters added across a range of clinical topics, including diagnosis, sepsis, surgery and public health
• Bonus online content including self-assessment, clinical cases, audio material, videos and topic pages
• Enhanced e-book accompanies the print book

Synopsis

Fully updated for its tenth edition, this clinical medicine text has been revised across the book and reorganised into smaller chapters to support easier use. Most chapters include new introductions and system overviews, with expanded clinical skills content to help tailor history-taking and examination to specialty contexts.

Additional online resources include self-assessment, common clinical and international cases, cardiovascular and respiratory audio material, clinical examination videos and concise topic pages covering major conditions. An International Advisory Board, led by Professor Janaka de Silva and Professor Senaka Rajapakse, provides guidance for global coverage, with members contributing additional e-book content.