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Textbook of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rheumatology

  • 2 Edición - 20 de diciembre de 2012
  • Última edición
  • Editores: Raashid Luqmani, James Robb, Daniel Porter, Benjamin Joseph
  • Idioma: Inglés

Winner of the prize for New Edited Book at The Royal Society of Medicine & The Society of Authors' Medical Book Awards, this textbook for medical students covers or… Leer más

Descripción

Winner of the prize for New Edited Book at The Royal Society of Medicine & The Society of Authors' Medical Book Awards, this textbook for medical students covers orthopaedics, trauma and rheumatology in one volume. It offers both core information regarding what the student needs to know about these specialties and an extensive series of cases with questions and answers that illustrate the thinking behind common everyday practice. The book offers a standard approach to history taking and physical examination, and relevant anatomy, highlighting the reasons for the different approaches within each specialty as required.

Puntos claves

  • Provides a comprehensive overview of musculoskeletal medicine and surgery perfectly tailored for the busy medical student

  • Illustrated in full colour throughout

  • Succinct coverage of essential topics helps aid understanding whilst avoid unnecessary detail thus saving time

  • Uniform style of chapters throughout allows readers to easily scan through for the information required

  • Useful summary boxes outline the main points of each condition including aetiology, pathology, epidemiology, clinical features, investigations, management and prognosis

  • 100 case histories with questions illustrate the range of clinical problems that students will encounter during their clinical placements

De interès para

Medical students
Physiotherapists
Orthopaedic nurses

Índice

Section 1: The musculoskeletal system

Section 2: Management of musculoskeletal problems

Section 3: Trauma

Section 4: Rheumatology

Section 5: Orthopaedics

Section 6: Paediatrics

Section 7: Problem-orientated cases and answers

Reseñas

New Edited Book Winner at The Royal Society of Medicine &The Society of Authors’ Medical Book Awards
“Out of several undergraduate texts on musculoskeletal disease, this is both comprehensive and comprehensible and a valuable addition to departmental and students’ personal libraries.”


"This book is the best comprehensive work I have seen on the musculoskeletal system for medical students. I highly recommend the book to all medical students, junior residents, and primary care physicians."
Edward Abraham, MD(University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine), Doody Enterprises, Inc. Nov 2008

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 2
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 5 de febrero de 2013
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los editores

RL

Raashid Luqmani

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor of Rheumatology/Consultant Rheumatologist, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science, University of Oxford Rheumatology Dept, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Oxford OX3 7LD UK

JR

James Robb

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh; Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh; Senior Lecturer in Surgery, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

DP

Daniel Porter

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Director of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Tsinghua University Hospital, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tsinghua University Medical Centre, Beijing, China

BJ

Benjamin Joseph

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor of Orthopaedics and Head of Paediatric Orthopaedic Service, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka State, India