The Oxford Textbook of Medicine provides all that any doctor needs to know to practice top-level internal medicine. It gives comprehensive coverage of the epidemiology, aetiology and mechanism of disease, as well as clear, unambiguous coverage of the diagnosis, practical management and prevention of the entire spectrum of medical disorders. Chapters are not only "evidence-based" but also based on clinical experience and a thorough survey of all the relevant literature. Throughout, the approach of this e-book is humane and ethical and at the same time, factual, reliable, honest and rigorously scientific. This is not just a resource of "First World" medicine. It provides practical guidance for doctors working in a variety of medical settings, stressing the value of a logical clinical approach rather than immediate resort to expensive imaging and laboratory tests.

David A. Warrell
Professor of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases and Head, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford; Honorary Consultant Physician, Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust, UK

Timothy M. Cox
Professor of Medicine, University of Cambridge; Honorary Consultant Physician, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK

John D. Firth
Consultant Physician and Nephrologist, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Edward J. Benz Jr
President and CEO, Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA