Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine: with Online access + Interactive extras (Internation

This is an international edition of the US release. Pages are color and paper is glossy. The only real difference between this and the US release is the price. Davidson's Principles & Practice of Medicine is an internationally famous and best-selling textbook of general (or internal) medicine, renowned for providing a rational and easily understood basis for the practice of clinical medicine. Since it was first published this comprehensive text has met the requirements of several generations of medical students preparing for their examinations, while serving as a valuable reference for doctors in training. Rather than page after page of dense text, this reference makes finding information a snap by featuring lavish, colorful visual information. Extensive tables, crib boxes, MRI images, and x-ray films accompany each chapter's succinct discussions. The book's clear organization and color-coded chapters make it simple to find just the information you need, when you need it. * Readers have full online access to the whole book, along with 750 new self-testing questions whose answers are linked to the online text * Each system-based chapter begins with an overview of the key elements in the clinical examination * A practical, problem-based clinical approach is described in the 'Presenting Problems' sections, to complement the detailed descriptions of each disease * Over 150 evidence-based medicine boxes summarise the results of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials in key therapeutic areas * 'In Old Age' boxes highlight important spects of medical practice in the older population