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Worldwide, undergraduate medical curricula are moving towards integration of basic medical and clinical sciences to enhance student understanding of how the basic sciences underpin clinical medicine. Recent rapid progress made in the understanding of cellular mechanisms and genomics, together with developments in technical clinical procedures, means that the amount of factual knowledge required for the effective practice of medicine can be overwhelming for the undergraduate. Understanding and synthesis of this knowledge is essential for effective application to the practice of clinical medicine. The team of clinical and scientific experts on this book integrates information from the diverse branches of medical science (such as cellular biochemistry, anatomy, physiology and genetics) with clinical examples to illustrate how dysfunction leads to disease. This book will give students of medicine a strong grounding in the basic sciences and how they inform clinical practice and medical understanding.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm still a preclinical student, and this is as much a gold standard for me as (I've heard!) Kumar and Clarke's Clinical Medicine is for clinical students, and because of the rapid advances in Medicine it's so important to keep a grasp of the underlying physiological concepts behind symptoms and treatments. This why these two gold standard texts go hand in hand so well. You've got the easy to "dip in to" Medical Sciences text for the physiological information and then Clinical Medicine for the more in-depth clinical knowledge. The breadth, depth and visual appeal of this book are astounding. I just wish I'd had it 3 years ago!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Parts of this textbook are excellent for pre-clinical students studying Medicine. The diagrams are generally excellent at synthesising information. Most information is up-to-date and relatively well proof-read.
However (in common with its sister textbook, Kumar and Clarke), it's incredibly - painfully - wordy. I have the Oxford Pocket Guide to Medical Sciences and it's almost comical that it manages to explain the same key concepts as this textbook - usually with greater clarity - in hundreds of fewer words.
This textbook tends to painfully chug through a standard format for each organ or system without thinking how the information could be presented more logically -by combining anatomy and physiology, for example, rather than using two separate sections and regurgitating information under different headings. Additionally, there are issues with style. Lots of the book is written in convoluted and unnecessarily complex sentences.
Having said that, the book is comprehensive and contains a vast amount of material that would be useful. Perhaps buy both this and the Oxford guide.
However (in common with its sister textbook, Kumar and Clarke), it's incredibly - painfully - wordy. I have the Oxford Pocket Guide to Medical Sciences and it's almost comical that it manages to explain the same key concepts as this textbook - usually with greater clarity - in hundreds of fewer words.
This textbook tends to painfully chug through a standard format for each organ or system without thinking how the information could be presented more logically -by combining anatomy and physiology, for example, rather than using two separate sections and regurgitating information under different headings. Additionally, there are issues with style. Lots of the book is written in convoluted and unnecessarily complex sentences.
Having said that, the book is comprehensive and contains a vast amount of material that would be useful. Perhaps buy both this and the Oxford guide.
Format:Paperback
If there is one book any type of Medical undergraduate (clinical or science) should purchase then this is it. Written in clear, concise and understandable English it details all aspects of Medical Science that encourage you to read further into specific or general areas without getting clogged up in complicated medical terms and syntax. The book would be suitable even for 2nd year A level science students providing them with a foundation for basic medical science studies as well as those areas of cell science, biochemistry and more specific subjects of human physiological systems.
A great credit to the authors for the written content and the invaluable graphs, tables and diagrams which set this book so much farther apart from other Medical Science books.
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A great credit to the authors for the written content and the invaluable graphs, tables and diagrams which set this book so much farther apart from other Medical Science books.
StudentConsult access is an invaluable bonus for those wanting a lighter back pack whilst on the move.
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Published 7 months ago by ying
Fantastic! Should be on every med student's reading list
I only bought this book as it had a £10 off sticker but it has been the best investment ever! It gives a good grounding in all medical sciences bridging the gap perfectly from... Read more
Published 12 months ago by R.Jones
THE accessible physiology textbook
It may not be the most complete textbook, but for those of us splitting our time between desk and ward, it is comprehensive and very preparatory for exams in the time we have for... Read more
Published 15 months ago by A. Lindsay
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